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The Atlanta Area Council is a local council of the
The council is divided into districts:
* Appalachian Trail District
* Button Gwinnett District
* Foothills District
* Hightower Trail District
* Indian Springs District
* Northern Ridge District
* Phoenix District
* Picketts Mill District
* Silver Comet District
* Soapstone Ridge District
* Southwest Atlanta District
* Southern Crescent District
* Yellow River District
Boy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA, colloquially the Boy Scouts) is one of the largest scouting organizations and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with about 1.2 million youth participants. The BSA was founded i ...
. It serves 13 northern Georgia counties: Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Gwinnett, Haralson, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, and Rockdale.
Organization
The council is divided into districts:
* Appalachian Trail District
* Button Gwinnett District
* Foothills District
* Hightower Trail District
* Indian Springs District
* Northern Ridge District
* Phoenix District
* Picketts Mill District
* Silver Comet District
* Soapstone Ridge District
* Southwest Atlanta District
* Southern Crescent District
* Yellow River District
History
The council was known as the Atlanta Council from 1915 to 1939, and as the Polaris Council in the 1950s.Camps
* Bert Adams Scout Camp * Robert W. Woodruff Scout Camp * Allatoona Aquatics BaseOrder of the Arrow
Egwa Tawa Dee Lodge is theOrder of the Arrow
The Order of the Arrow (OA) is the honor society of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), composed of Scouts and Scouters who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law in their daily lives as elected by their peers. The society was created by E. Urner G ...
lodge
Lodge is originally a term for a relatively small building, often associated with a larger one.
Lodge or The Lodge may refer to:
Buildings and structures Specific
* The Lodge (Australia), the official Canberra residence of the Prime Ministe ...
that serves the Atlanta Area Council. It was chartered in 1938 as Broad-Winged-Hawk #129. Egwa Tawa Dee is translated from "equa tawadi", the Cherokee
The Cherokee (; chr, ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯᎢ, translit=Aniyvwiyaʔi or Anigiduwagi, or chr, ᏣᎳᎩ, links=no, translit=Tsalagi) are one of the indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, t ...
language for the lodge's totem, the broad-winged hawk whose literal translation is "big hawk"; for ease of pronunciation, it was spelled out as "Egwa Tawa Dee."
The lodge was chartered in 1938 as Broad-Winged-Hawk No. 129 is divided into 16 chapters, as well as collegiate OA chapters at the Georgia Institute of Technology and at Southern Polytechnic State University. Current chapters include Achewon Woapalanne, Echota, Etowah, Kennesaw, Nagatamen, Lowanne Nimat, Osten Nokose, Silepl Ilaonëtu, Tella Qualla Boundary, Thennethlofkee, Wesadicha and Wvhvlv en Hvresse. Past chapters include Awi-uska, Sagahattee, and South Fulton.
See also
*Scouting in Georgia (U.S. state)
Scouting in Georgia has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live. The state is home to many milestones for the Scouting movement. The Girl Scout Birthplac ...
References
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