On January 24th-25th the Longhouse held its annual Indian 500 at The Village of Orange. Tribes held their car shaping meetings throughout the month to prepare for the race. Jeff Peterson and his race committee prepped the track and installed it in the mall earlier that week. Families were able to take their cars during the week to tune up and practice trying to squeeze out as much speed as they could. The doors to the mall opened at 7:30am both days for the first Nation races of the day. After a few false starts with some timing glitches, we were underway. Cars of all shapes and sizes came out that day. All eyes were glued to the finish-line to see whose car came in 1st place for that heat. All our Nation Chiefs did a great job running their races like a well oiled machine. In the end, all eyes were on the projected race screen for the final results. Every Nation had their top 10 cars and trophies were presented and photos taken of the winners. The top 5 of every Nation had the option to come back later in the day to race all the other Nation’s top 5. Speeds were fast with everyone bighting their nails at the end when the results were displayed. Again the top 10 cars recieved trophies for their efforts. A big Noonay to Jeff Peterson and the race committee for putting on another great race. Also a big Noonay to The Village of Orange for hosting.
If you enjoy this event and would like to become a volunteer like Jeff Peterson and learn how to run this event for the future of the program, please contact Jeff via email on the Longhouse website! To see the results of the all the Nation races and Longhouse finals, click on the links below.
2015 Foothill

2015 mt.eagle

2015 RedHIll

2015 River

2015 Valley

2015 Sun

2015 Star 2

015 Sky

2015 Sequoia

2015 Santana

2015 GuidesLonhouseFinal

2015 PrincessLonghouseFinal

Articles, News, Posts for our Indian Guides / Indian Princess program:

With Summer here, it’s not too early to start your tribe’s recruiting.   The Longhouse has two new marketing pieces that can assist your effort to bring on new members.  

See PDF:  2015 Orange Skies Longhouse Recruiting Materials

Both the Longhouse Flyers and Arrow Invitations are provided free of charge and can be picked up at Kustom Imprints in Orange, CA.   This company is owned by Longhouse member Mark Kuli and if email him day ahead, he will count out number of each pieces you want .  BUT WAIT THERE IS MORE- if you also want pre-printed 2″ by 4″ mail labels with your own personalized Tribe name, Chief’s name + phone and email, just send him that information.

Kustom Imprints is located at 1661 N. Glassell Street, Orange, CA 92867.    The business hours are Mon- Thurs 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM / Fri 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM / Closed Sat & Sun.

Email Mark ahead at:  Mark@KustomImprints.com   and if you have any questions, you can call him at (714) 771-5768 Ext. 106.

 

Come join us for an evening of family fun, food and a great movie: The Lego Movie. If you would like to attend, contact Turkey Legs at CinemaGeek@gmail.com to reserve your spot.

We hope to see you there!

As our first successful year as an independent Longhouse comes to a close,  it was time to honor the Longhouse council and pass on the feathers to a new Longhouse Chief. The awards dinner was held at Holy Family Church which has been the location for all our Longhouse meetings this year. A great dinner was catered by Smokey Fred’s BBQ and was served to the 60+ Braves in attendance. A great slide show was put together by Steve Vegh using the new Longhouse Audio/Visual system and played while everyone was enjoying their meal.

After dinner, our soon to be Longhouse Sachem, Daniel “Smoked Turkey Wing” Alexander, swore in Mike Schmitt as our new Longhouse Chief. Also sworn in was our new Longhouse Medicine Man, Mike Garcia. Noonay to both of you! The Longhouse has a very bright future with leaders like you!

We’d also like to thank Daniel for a job well done in guiding us in this year of transition. It was a difficult task especially at the beginning of the year but he along with the rest of the council made sure it was a seamless transition. A big Noonay goes to you Smoked Turkey Wing for a job well done!

Also recognized were the 10 Nations chiefs that was your Longhouse council. Eric Bergeron from the Santana Nation, Norbert Lippert from the Sequoia Nation, Dan Shortall from the Sun Nation, Karl Arnold from the Star Nation, William Selman from the Sky Nation, Ron Berry from the Foothill Nation, Will Hare from the Mountain Eagle Nation, Reggie Ulrich from the Red Hill Nation, Roger Tefft from the River Nation and Tim Dodson from the Valley Nation. A big Noonay goes out to them for help in making this year a success.

A couple of special “Smoked Turkey Wing” awards were given out by Daniel to two of our Longhouse council members for their hard work throughout the year. Doug Hathaway and Norbert Lippert have been working tirelessly in multiple aspects in getting this Longhouse started and running smoothly. Thank you Doug and Norbert!

Noonay!

           

 

 

Interested in making some tasty beef jerky…. check out Big Bear’s special recipe: Beef Jerky

The annual Pancake Breakfast event for 2014 was a huge success with a lot of fun for everyone. Here are a few pictures from the event.

Movie Night was a lot of fun for everyone. Lots of food, fun and a visit from Santa! Thanks to everyone and the Mall of Orange for hosting the event and making it great night out.

Here is a link to the pictures: Movie Night 2013

Fall campout at Camp Tahquitz was a huge success and had a great turnout. Here are a few pictures:

California Coastal Cleanup Day  gains a lot of attention and support statewide. You can see a Channel 5 news clip here: http://ktla.com/2013/09/17/coastal-cleanup-inland-problem/#axzz2fAGjC4pR

See this post for information on how you can volunteer to help: http://orangeskieslonghouse.org/?p=143