Y-INDIAN PRINCESSES

The Headband
The headband features red and yellow embroidery on blue wool felt.  It displays significant symbols of Y-Indian Princess principles and purpose.  The central theme is the sign of the Great Spirit with the crossed arrows of friendship and the circled heart of love on either side.  Father and daughter are symbolized next to the grouped tepees which indicate happy work in the community, and the single tepee which denotes happy work in the home.  The trees, water, and grass exhort the wearer to seek and preserve the Great Spirit's beauty in forest, field and stream.

The total meaning may be summed up this:  "Father and daughter, through friendly service to each other, to the family, to the tribe and the community, seek a world pleasing to the eye of the Great Spirit".

Y-Indian Princess Emblem

The national emblem uses red, gold, and blue to represent the warm, friendly, loyal parent-child relationship of the "Y-Indian Princess" 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 fathers and daughters.  The YMCA emblem identifies basic orientation and membership in the YMCA.

Purpose:      The purpose of the Y-Indian Princess Program is to promote friendship and understanding between father
                            and daughter.

Slogan:    "Friends Always"

Aims:
     1. To love the sacred circle of my family.
     2. To be clean in body and pure in heart.
     3. To share understanding with my father/daughter..
     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.

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

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