The Ordeal scheduled for the weekend of Sept. 19-21 at Camp Strake has been cancelled. Please continue to check this website for updates for changes of dates and locations for upcoming Ordeals. You can leave a message on the OA voicemail at 713-756-3395 and someone will get back with you when decisions about change have been set.   The Order of the Arrow is Scouting's National Honor Society. Purpose The purpose of the Order of the Arrow is fourfold: To recognize those Scout campers who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law in their daily lives To develop and maintain camping traditions and spirit To promote Scout camping To crystallize the Scout habit of helpfulness into a life purpose of leadership in cheerful service to others Every year Colonneh Lodge holds many great activities.  Lodge Banquet  Fall Ordeal  Spring Fellowship  Fall Pow Wow  May Service Days  David Hinds Training History The Order of the Arrow (OA) was founded by Dr. E. Urner Goodman and Carroll A. Edson in 1915 at the Treasure Island Camp of the Philadelphia Council, Boy Scouts of America. It became an official program experiment in 1922 and was approved as part of the Scouting program in 1934. Colonneh Lodge is the Sam Houston Area Council's Order of the Arrow Lodge.  The Lodge is named in honor of General Sam Houston; who was called Colonneh, meaning Raven, when he lived with the Cherokee Indians.

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