Easy Coups

The best way to stay involved is to have motivation. Tamegonit Lodge has a coup thong that members can display their tenure, and achievements on.

Some coups have hyperlinks, and that takes you to the coup application form. This lets you see all the things that need to be done, and lets you print it off to keep track of your progress.

For a full list of coups available, please see the Tamegonit Coup Thong page.

Years of Service

The first set of coups are the easiest to get, and those are the year coups. There are 2 kinds of these:

1. Years in OA - you will be able to put on 1 round coup for every year you're an active dues-paying member of the Order of the Arrow. On your 5th year, you can replace the 4 round coups with a square coup. This means you will also be able to re-use the 4 round coups over and over again!

2. Years long-term camping - For every year you camp long-term (5+ days), you can put 1 coup per year at the bottom of the arrowhead. Similar to years in OA, every 5 years you will replace the round coups with a square coup.

Award Recognition

The next set of coups that are easily obtainable are the awards. Below are the more easily obtainable ones.

1. OAUR/OAURA - Order of the Arrow Unit Representative/Adviser. Serve in this capacity for a year, be involved in their Chapter, and complete a few requirements on top of it.

2. Religious Emblem - This can be any religious award recognized by Scouting America. Once earned, you will qualify for this coup.

3. Den Chief Coup - Serve as a Den Chief for a full year, along with a few pack supportive requirements.

4. Camp Senior Patrol Leader - If you've served as Camp Senior Patrol Leader, the big round and sparkly deep-blue coup can be worn above your camping coups, and below the arrowhead.

5. Camp Staff Coup - The bigger round yellow coup may be worn just below the arrowhead of your lanyard, above the camping coups, for those that have served on Camp Staff at any scout camp.

6. Coup of the Far Traveler - Earned for going to a High Adventure Base, NOAC, National or World Jamboree, or on a 6+ day trek where the 50-miler award is earned.

7. Eagle Scout - Earn your Eagle Scout

8. Venturing Summit - Earn the Venturing Summit Award (Venturing equivalent of Eagle Scout)

9. Quartermaster - Earn the Sea Scouts Quartermaster rank (Sea Scouts equivalent of Eagle Scout)

10. First Responder - For individuals who have served as a First Responder (Police, Fire, Medical, etc)

11. Military Service - For individuals who have served in the Armed Forces

Lodge Participation

Alright, now we have the easy participation coups, given to those who step up to assist the Lodge with its functioning.

1. Runner Coup - Serve in the capacity of a Runner at inductions 5 times.

2. Elangomat Coup - If you take on this important role 3 times to assist the Ordeal candidates, you may earn this coup.

3. Nimat Coup - Be trained and serve as a Nimat for the Brotherhood induction process 4 times.

4. Election Team - Assist with Ordeal Candidacy elections 10 times.

5. Grey Fox/Brownhawk/White Buffalo Society - Coups which encourage extra participation from Arrowmen. Limited to Ordeal/Brotherhood/Vigil, respectively.

6. Officer Coups - Serve in a leadership/adviser position for a year. Yellow = chapter; Green = Lodge Committee; Purple = Lodge Officer

7. Service Coup - Give 50 hours of service to the Lodge not attributed to another coup.

There are many other coups available, but these are just a list of quick and easy ones that you may take interest in obtaining. Coups are a good way to get interest in participation, and you might find a Lodge position that interests you to keep doing for a while.

There's a lot available, so dig in and get involved!