Y-INDIAN BRAVES

The Headband
     The central theme of the headband is the sign of the eye of the Great Spirit surrounded by the four winds of heaven. The feathered-arrow design on each side represents the useful service of mother and son. Mother and son stand to the left next to the single tepee, symbolizing mutual support in a happy home. To the right is a group of tepees symbolizing happy work in the community. The water, trees, mountains, and sky exhort the wearer to preserve the Great Spirit's beauty in forest, field, and stream

National Y-Indian Braves Emblem

 The emblem uses red, brown, and blue to represent the warm, friendly, loyal parent-child relationship of the "Y-Indian Braves" program.

The crossed arrows of friendship and the two red hearts of love and understanding are symbols emphasizing the "Friends Always" slogan along the border.

The central figures, hand in hand, depict meaningfully the focus of the program - to foster the companionship of mothers and sons


Purpose:      The purpose of the Y-Indian Maidens is to foster understanding and companionship between mother
                            and son.

Slogan:    "Friends Always"

Aims:
     1. To be clean in body and pure in heart..
     2. To be friends always with my mother/son.
     3. To love the sacred circle of my family.
     4. To listen while others speak.
     5. To love my neighbor as myself.
     6. To seek and preserve the beauty of the Great Spirit's work in forest, field, and stream.

Pledge:      "We, mother and son, through friendly service to each other, to our family, to this tribe, to our community, 
                          seek a world pleasing to the eye of the Great Spirit."

About Y-Indian Braves
         The slogan, "Friends Always," does not mean that mother and son relate to each other as equals, 
         such as two children who are friends. Rather, it means that mother and son have a close, enduring 
         relationship in which there is communication, understanding, and companionship. The Y-Indian Braves 
         Program encourages such a relationship by providing a means for mother and son to share enjoyable 
         experiences, to observe and learn about one another, and to develop mutual respect.

Y-Indian Braves, a program for mothers and sons, emerged during the late 1970s and was officially 
recognized by the National Executive Committee of the National Longhouse at Dearborn, MI, in 1980.

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