Continental Society

	Continental Society Daughters of Indian Wars, Inc. FOUNDER AND ORGANIZING GOVERNOR GENERAL Virginia Turner Avery (Mrs. Lawrence)

GENERAL INFORMATION Objectives Eligibility Acceptable Service Motto Society Colors Scholarship Pins Scholarships NATIONAL National Officers National Chairman Calendar 2006 Conference Pictures STATE SOCIETIES	ELIGIBILITY Any woman who is a citizen of either the United States of America, The Dominion of Canada, or Mexico, of good moral character, who is not less than sixteen years of age, shall be eligible to membership, provided that she shall be personally acceptable to the Society and shall be the lineal descendant of a Native or immigrant American ancestor who participated in any capacity in actual hostilities, one against the other, or in any other activity with each other, during the period May 14, 1607 to 1900.	ACCEPTABLE SERVICE 1637 The Pequot War 1675-1678 King Philip's War 1680-1692 The Pueblo Revolt 1689-1763 French and Indian War 1763 Pontiac's Conspiracy 1774 Lord Dunsmore's War 1790-1832 Midwestern Conflicts (Fallen Timbers, Black Hawk War, Tippecanoe, and some battles of the War of 1812, etc.) 1813-1842 Creek and Seminole Wars 1854-1890 Sioux Wars 1860-1879 Southern Plains Wars 1850 Rouge River Wars 1872-1873 Modoc War 1877 Nez Perce War 1846-1863 Navaho Wars 1861-1900 Apache Wars PASSIVE ACTIVITIES Missionary to the Indians Interpreter Teacher Trader/Agent Mayflower Ancestor Provider of settler protection
	SOCIETY COLORS (COLORS OF THE WIND) WHITE: Represents the North Wind which brought snow and drove the buffalo south so the Indian could survive. YELLOW: Represents the East Wind which brought the rising sun to warm the earth so the Indian could grow corps. RED: Represents the South Wind which was a gentle wind that made life more comfortable. BLUE: Represents the West Wind which brought the night so the Indian could rest. These are the colors of our Sash that we wear proudly.	OBJECTS OF SOCIETY The Object of this Society shall be to assist and encourage the preservation of records and historic sites associated with our native and immigrant American Ancestors, to cherish the memory of those native and immigrant Americans who waged war and/or committed other acts of hostility one toward the other in defense of their people's freedom, liberty and ideals, to strengthen fellowship and to encourage cooperation between descendants of native and immigrant Americans, to foster in a spirit of patriotism, the support and enforcement of all treaties and laws made and agreed upon between the State and Federal governments and the several tribes, bands and nations of Native Americans, to publish a lineage book of the names and ancestral data of members of the Society, and original materials related to this aspect of American History.