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Indian Scouts and Indian Princesses Brighten Park Ridge, Make Memories for the Holidays

Indian Scouts and Indian Princesses gathered with their fathers on the steps of City Hall to celebrate a job well done.

Early on Saturday, November 12th, Indian Scout and Indian Princess families gathered at 160 Main Street to meet up with their tribes and to collect their assignments for a day of tree lighting on the streets of Park Ridge. With efforts coordinated in part by PRISIP Federation Chief Scott Richter and Park Board Commissioner (and jovial Indian Scout dad) Mel Thillens, tribes went north, south, east and west stringing up lights to brighten up the holiday season for our community!

Members of the Iroquois Nation's Navajo Tribe work with their daughters to light up the trees around City Hall.
Navajo girls quickly learned the basics of working as part of a city crew.

Working together, a Navajo dad and his daughter (supervising) position lights on the higher tree branches.
For the Mohawk Nation's Powhatan tribe, it's safety first as they literally went above and beyond to ensure that trees on Main Street were lit up for the holiday season.
Even Santa showed up to lend his support for the effort! (Nation Chief of Winnebago, Windy Buffalo, looks on and smiles his approval...)
Santa welcomed all participants to the tree lighting, including representatives of the local Boy Scouts.
By 11:30am, the families that remained downtown gathered for a photo on the steps of City Hall and a reception with food provided by local restaurants.