Francis X. Guardipee Grey Wolf Award

The Francis X. Guardipee Grey Wolf Award recognizes adults, American Indian or non-Indian, for distinguished service to American Indian youth. It honors Francis X. Guardipee, who was the first American Indian to become a ranger with the National Park Service. Guardipee also founded a Boy Scout Troop in 1916 and worked with youth until his death in 1970.

Requirements

1. Be a registered member of Girl Scouts of the USA or Boy Scouts of America.
2. Actively serve American Indian youth through Girl Scout program, Boy Scout program, or both, for at least 15 years.
3. Part of the years of service must have been as a troop leader/advisor or a den leader/scoutmaster.

Those members who have been honored with the Francis X. Guardipee Award of the Amercan Indian Scouting Association are commonly known as "Grey Wolves" because of the pendant which symbolizes the award.



Previous Francis X. Guardipee Award Recipients

1977	Lee R. Bacon	Mississippi Choctaw	Philadelphia, MS
1977	Bernice Chaddick	Cherokee	Concho, OK
1978	Lewis Fish		Brigham City, UT
1978	David S. Jones	Oklahoma Choctaw	Navajo, NM
1979	John D. Parker	Mississippi Choctaw	Sulphur, OK
1979	Anthony Whirlwind Horse	Oglala Lakota	Pine Ridge, SD
1980	John Maestas	Pueblo	Orem, UT
1980	Muriel Bissell		Madison, WI
1981	James L. Claymore	Cheyenne River Sioux	Aberdeen, SD
1981	Mike Speshock		Sells, AZ
1982	Harrison Stewart	Pima	Bapchule, AZ
1983	Ben Zurega	Chiricahua Apache	Phoenix, AZ
1983	Luther Grass	Cherokee	Brawley, CA
1984	Hon. Ben Reifel	Rosebud/Brule Sioux	Estelline, SD
1984	Jeanne Johanson		Custer, SD
1985	Mae Crawford	Blackfoot	Crow Agency, MT
1985	Don Teeple		Hubbard, TX
1986	James F. Atkinson		Santa Fe, NM
1986	Joseph T. Provost	Omaha	Albuquerque, NM
1987	Florian Acunia	Pima	Laveen, AZ
1987	Becky Albert	Lakota-Sioux	Pine Ridge, SD
1988	Paul Lau		Honolulu. HI
1988	Pamela J. Voelz	Menominee	Boise, ID
1989	Howard H. Reitenour	Lakota Sioux	Greentown, IN
1990	Hal W. Cooper	Eastern Cherokee	Dallas, TX
1990	Paul E. Puebla	Mescalero Apache	Fairfield, CA
1991	Milton Thompson	Mohawk	Hamden, CT
1992	Marcia Hummel		Mission, SD
1992	John D. Martin	Eastern Cherokee	Knoxville, TN
1993	E. Grant Soltswisch		Marquette, MI
1993	Donald C. Thom		Louisville, KY
1994	Kathleen L. Soltswisch		Marquette, MI
1995	Br. Mal Sofield	Abenaki	Philadelphia, MS
1996	Dora Grayson	Western Cherokee	Muskogee, OK
1997	Will H. Newton, Jr.		Atlanta, GA
1997	Marguerite D. Nonni		New York, NY
1998	Kathy Wheeler		Desert Hot Springs, CA
1998	Conrad Fruehan		Irving, Texas
1999	Roger Thompson	Mohawk	Hamden, Connecticut
2000	Alwin Tibbits	Oglala Sioux	Rapid City, SD
2001	Judy Dow	Abenaki	Essex Junction, VT
2002	Lydia R. Gonzales		Tucson, AZ
2003	John Merk	Choctaw	Bedford, TX
2004	Karen Cooper	Cherokee	Dora, AL
2004	Hugh Lambert	Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians	Cherokee, NC



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