1968 Krátká chvíle svobody/en
Forest wisdom clubs ČTU (KLM)
Picture from p. 170 1. Registration of KLM under ČTU, 1969. ~z~ AW
Picture from p. 170 2. Tábornická unie bulletin, 1968. ~z~ JB
Picture from p. 170 3.–5. Covers of ČTU magazines that also wrote about woodcraft ~z~ JB
Picture from p. 170 6. Inonoš at the Founding Council of LLM, 1968. ~a~ LZ, ~z~ AW
Picture from p. 171 7. A cover of the magazine Hlasatel no. 1/1968. ~z~ AW
Picture from p. 171 8. Musketaquidu camp, 1969. ~z~ RK
Picture from p. 171 9. An article about LLM in Mladý svět ("Young World") no. 26/1968. ~z~ JB
Picture from p. 171 10. Signatures of attendees of the Council at Křemešník from the Jack London Club's chronicle, 1968. ~z~ TM
Picture from p. 171 11. A handbook issued by ČTU, 1969. ~z~ AW
Picture from p. 171 12. A LLM badge with a needle, 1968. ~z~ AW
Picture from p. 171 13. The header of LLM's official writing paper, 1969. ~z~ AW
From spring 1968, woodcrafters would become active again. On March 23, LČSW's last Chief Miloslav Vavrda sent out letters to its former members. During the establishment meeting on 27 April 1968, the Preparatory Committee of LLM was elected (President: Miloslav Vavrda, members: Zdeněk Teichman, František Kupka, Ctirad Švehla, Milouš Stárek, Karel Doleček, Jan Kamenický, Bedřich Moldan, Viliam Valovič, Antonín Prokeš, František Chudáček, Ladislav Matějka, Jiří Novák, Ludmila Kozáková). New badges were made and the Tribal Constitution, Birch Bark Roll and Degrees were printed. The bulletin Hlasatel ("Reported") was being issued.
On 22 May 1968, the Ministry of Internal Affairs was asked for the official renewal of the organization LLM and was submitted a statute to approve. On 8 and 9 June, the Founding Council of LLM took place at Sluneční paseka under the hill Křemešník. The military intervention by five Warsaw Pact states in Czechoslovakia in August put a stop not only the reformation process called the Prague Spring, but also spoiled the chances of getting the LLM officially approved. Woodcrafters would join ČTU (Česká tábornická unie, ČTU), Zálesák, TIS and other organizations that enabled them to continue their activities under the name Kluby lesní moudrosti ("Forest Wisdom Clubs").
Zálesák and woodcraft in the Brno region
Picture from p. 172 1. A cover of the magazine Zálesák with a woodcraft theme, no. 1/1968. ~z~ JB
Picture from p. 172 2. A camp diary, 1970. ~z~ HB
Picture from p. 172 3. KLM's shared camp on the river Lužnice, 1970. ~z~ RK
Picture from p. 172 4. A camp of Zálesák on Komáří louka, 1967. ~z~ HB
Anežka Svobodová – Inonoš founded the tribes Kmen Černého vlka ("Black Wolf Tribe") and Omaha in Brno. The woodrafters from Brno were under the patronage of the organization Zálesák ("The Forest Man", a body of the Svazarm – an organization cooperating with the military – specialized in open air activities) which would publish a high-quality magazine with the same name from the end of 1967. It informed about Seton and forest wisdom on regular basis.
Woodcrafter tribes camped together on the river Lužnice near Suchdol between 13 July and 6 August 1970 under the leadership of the Chiefs Losa, Jasana, Inonoš, Mahykana. It was the first woodcraft camp for the members of the Brno-based tribes Omaha and Černí vlci. The tribes' activities were quite varied, and their membership in Zálesák provided them with a clubhouse, too. Around 1973, the Brno woodcrafters joined Vysokohorské sporty (VHS Brno, "Mountain Sports") and did rock-climbing and tramping (backpacking in the wild) with more intensity. The original group got rearranged, and some tribes stopped existing.
Apart from Inonoš and her husband Vlk, there are the following names in the chronicles: Jan Buřival – Segwun, Aleš Kubíček – Unkas, Petr Černý – Vanata, Stanislav Pivoňka – Muwin, Eva Sklenářová – Odamin, Naďa Molíková, Elena Novotná, Jana Dimitriadisová, Luboš Sotolář – Čod, Josef Šustr – Jožan, Aťka Chmelařová.
The Tecumtha center, Prague
Picture from p. 173 1. A drawing of Tecumtha's flag, 1968. ~z~ AW
Picture from p. 173 2. A cover of a rover handbook, 1969. ~z~ AW
Picture from p. 173 3. A meeting of Dakota and Netnokwa rovers, 1969. ~z~ ID
Picture from p. 173 4. A cover of the center's magazine, 1/1966. ~z~ AW
Picture from p. 173 5. Winter wandering around Brdy – a farewell to Emil Kučera, 1969. ~z~ ID
Scouting troops in Prague that were inclined to Seton's ideals established the center Tacumtha in 1968, led by Ivan Makásek – Hiawatha. It comprised of: the 3th troop Neskenon, the 77th rover tribe Šavané, the 85th O.S. Dakota, the 7th troop Dívky táborového ohně ("The Campfire Girls"), the rover tribe Netnokwa and the 10th troop Venedové. A hundred people altogether. The Certificate of Formation reads:
"The center Tecumtha is hereby founded, arising from a solid basis of the Indian tradition of the old rover tribe Dakota. In our opinion, scouting and woodcraft should not be treated as separate. Or, at least, rovering and woodcraft which blends into one path within our tribes. We believe that namely for rovers, Seton's scale of eagle feathers is the best program, including the Zálesák-based titles of nobility. Seton's general idea is not harmful in the formation of their world views either. Mystical and romantic, the cult of fire is our main pillar as it helps create the spiritual side of human life and develop the emotional side. Common sense goes hand in hand with a perceptive soul. May it strenghten personalities with the decalogue of scouting."
Ivan Makásek - Hiawatha, Milouš Stárek - Mahykan
Picture from p. 174 I. Makásek, 1963. ~z~ ID
Picture from p. 174 Hiawatha at Brdy. ~z~ ID
Picture from p. 175 M. Stárek, 1990. ~z~ AW
Picture from p. 175 Mahykan accoladed by Bobr. ~z~ AW
Picture from p. 175 Milouš Stárek - Pirát, 1936. ~z~ AW
Picture from p. 176 A pastel drawing from Logan's woodcraft diary, 1974. ~z~ MKL
- Ivan Makásek - Hiawatha
- (* 3. května 1944)
A Czech naturalist, nature protector, journalist, writer, woodcrafter and scout.
In 1957–58 he was part of the troop Foglarovi Hoši od Bobří řeky ("Foglar's Boys from Beaver River"). Known by the nickname Malý Medvěd ("Small Bear") and the forest name Hiawatha. He founded and led the rover tribe Dakota and the scout-woodcrafter tribe Neskenon. He was also the founder and the first leader of the center Thecumtha Prague. He established Neskenon's magazines Nika and Wampum and managed them for two decades.
During his time, Neskenon "discovered" the game of lacrosse (1967) and enriched Czech underground scouting with it in the following years. In spring 1968 he contributed to the renewal of the scouting organization. After the camp Na Vydřím potoce ("On the Otter Creek") in Šumava he got married, but he led the camp for one more whole year including the 4th camp in the end of which he passed the leadership onto his friend Jiří Kafka – Owíga. He left, and soon after that – based on the 2nd Chief's will – he came back for some time as the Shaman and created a fire warden community within Neskenon; Midewiwin arised from it ten years later. In 1972 he came up with the project of camping in a teepee. Two years later he formed a protection group TARAXACUM to conceal the scout troops Neskenon and Pětka as well as the woodcrafters, scouts and tramps (wilderness backpackers) who supported these.
For ten years he worked as a professional nature protector and later as an environmental journalist. He ended his professional career as an environmental consultant to the Prime Minister in 2005–06. Then he retired and took a trip to Canada. He visited Yukon and British Columbia. He wrote dozens of non-fiction books. Jeho životní filozofií, kterou praktikoval v Neskenonu, je uplatnit v činnosti kmenů i v životě to nejlepší z myšlenek skautingu, woodcraftu a ekologie. Je čtyřnásobným otcem a mnohonásobným dědečkem. Obě jeho dcery a manželka prošly skautskowoodcrafterským oddílem Sedmička (Dívky táborového ohně) a synové kmenem Neskenon.
- Milouš Stárek - Mahykan
- (* 26. prosince 1921, Milovice – † 8. února 2007, Praha)
Lékař, dlouholetý člen náčelnictva Ligy, náčelník LLM v letech 1995-99. Před získáním lesního jména ve 30. letech používal ve kmeni Ranné svitanie ve Zvolenu přezdívku Pirát.
Za války se stal členem kmene Dakota a Kmene pražských woodcrafterů. V letech 1943–45 byl poslán na nucené práce do Německé říše, odkud před ukončení války utekl. Během Pražského povstání bojoval se zbraní v ruce na barikádách, později obdržel státní vyznamenání za statečnost.
Po osvobození v letech 1945–51 vedl jako náčelník kmen Sisseton. V činnosti pokračoval ilegálně po celá 50. léta. Manželka Hana byla rovněž členka Kmene pražských woodcrafterů, ilegálních táborů Sissetonu se koncem 50. let zúčastnily i obě jejich děti.
V letech 1968–1971 byl náčelníkem kmene Lesní hoši působící v ČTU jako Klub lesní moudrosti. Zároveň zastával funkci v náčelnictvu ČTU. Během normalizace působil jako instruktor v Turistickém oddílu Slavoj a veslařském klubu Blesk.
Po obnovení LLM v roce 1990 se stal náčelníkem kmene Wahpeton, jehož členy byly převážně bývalí členové LČSW.
V letech 1995–1999 se stal přes svůj pokročilý věk náčelníkem LLM. V roce 2001 byl jmenován čestným náčelníkem Ligy.
