CHOOSE YOUR next adventure

Camping

Camp Binachi

4434 Camp Binachi Rd, Meridian, MS 39301

(601) 693-6757

Operated by Choctaw Area Council

Camp Binachi

oKATOMA

550 Walter Lott Road, Seminary MS 39479

1-888-OKATOMA

A fun Kayak trip with camping and Bunk house available.

Okatoma

Twiltely Branch

9200 Hamrick Road N. Collinsville, MS 39325

601-626-8431

Nice campground at Lake Okatibbee

Twiltley Branch

swampbase

2266 South College Rd., Suite E 

Lafayette, LA 70508

337-235-8552

Weekend trips in the swamp

Swampbase

Clarcko          State Park

386 Clarkco Road

Quitman, MS 39355

(601) 776-6651

Primitive camping-Glamping-RV Pads or Cabins. plenty of hiking and water activities

Carkco


Dunns Falls

6890 Dunn's Falls Road

Enterprise, MS 39930

601-655-8550

Primitive camping along the Chunky river.

Dunns Falls

Philmont - Sea base - Northern Tier - the summit

OA HIGH ADVENTURE


The Order of the Arrow Wilderness Voyage: Canadian Odyssey program is an experience like no other. For two weeks, you will join together with Arrowmen from around the country and experience the wild beauty of the Quetico Provincial Park of Ontario, Canada. Like its U.S. counterpart the first week of the program is spent giving back to the Quetico through portage trail restoration work. The second part is a trek through the Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada.

The Order of the Arrow Ocean Adventure program is a 7 day program conducted in the Florida Keys. The service portion of the adventure will be primarily based out of the Dry Tortugas National Park located 70 miles from Key West. Participants will have the opportunity to snorkel, kayak, paddle board and swim.

The Order of the Arrow Summit Experience program is an experience like no other! For eight days, you will join together with Arrowmen from around the country and experience all that the Summit in West Virginia has to offer!


Four days of the program will be focused on building or maintaining trail around the Summit Bechtel Reserve and the New River Gorge National River area. The remainder of the experience will revolve around whitewater rafting, along with mountain biking, climbing, and participation in other Summit activities. Participants will not only build trail, but also bonds of brotherhood as they start their high adventure journey.


The program is designed to entice younger Arrowmen to participate in OA High Adventure. Lodges and Chapters are encouraged to participate as a crew! Arrowmen ages 14 but not yet 18 will have the opportunity to explore all that the Summit has to offer in terms of adventure, brotherhood, and cheerful service.

The program is a fourteen-day experience. The first week focuses on trail construction and maintenance under the guidance of Philmont trail crew foremen. The second week is a seven-day backpacking trek that is designed by the participants. The program is not simply building trail and hiking as it is ultimately a journey that challenges Scouts mentally, physically, and spiritually.

The Order of the Arrow Wilderness Voyage program is an experience like no other! For two weeks, you will join together with Arrowmen from around the country and experience all that the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota has to offer.


The first week of the program is spent giving back to the Boundary Waters through portage trail restoration work. Participants have the opportunity to leave their mark on the Boundary Waters that will enable thousands of visitors each year to better enjoy their experience. Trail work involves restoring and protecting trails that have existed for centuries and are in dire need or repair.


The second part of the program is a trek planned by the crew! From the Height of Land to the pictographs on Fishdance Lake, crews have done and seen all in the Boundary Waters.

 

BSA National honor society

Ashwanchi kinta Lodge

Ashwanchi Kinta Lodge was chartered in 1941 in the Choctaw Area Council (#302) located in Meridian, Mississippi.  Ashwanchi Kinta Lodge changed its name from Choctaw Lodge sometime after 1955. The Ashwanchi Kinta Lodge totem is a Beaver.

We are currently part of Section E4.   Our primary focus is supporting the Council's camping program and the camp itself, Camp Binachi.


Summer Camp Staff 

June 2 - 8  Summer Camp

The Lodge will support the camp by providing the bulk of the Staff.  so let us know what you would like to do.

CUB SCOUT SUMMER BLAST - JULY 20

DateEventLocation
Jan 13BanquetBinachi
Jan 20E-Force Conf (virtual)Service Center
Feb 8Chili Bowl Unit Election KickoffMidway Baptist Church
Feb 17Pinewood Derby Concessions StandNortheast Middle School
Feb 22Eagle Breakfast Flag TeamFaith Baptist Church
March 16Four Leaf Fellowship Binachi
March 22-24Cub Family Camp CarnivalBinachi
April 12-14Conclave (Camp AlaFlo)Camp Ala-Flo
April 19-21Camporee - CalloutPublic Service Training Facilities
May 10-11OrdealBinachi
May 17CRAWFISH BOILBinachi
May 18Beaver DayBinachi
May 26-June 1Staff WeekBinachi
June 2-8
Summer CampBinachi
July 27-28Float TripOkatoma
Sept 21-22MS Gathering (Camp Hood)Camp Hood
Oct 18-20Fall FellowshipBinachi
Nov 1-2Officer LLDBinachi
Nov 23Winter Camp - BrotherhoodBinachi
Jan 11BanquetBinachi

FOR HE WHO SERVES HIS FELLOWS, IS OF ALL HIS FELLOWS GREATEST.


Olivia

A Life Scout from Troop 19 and a Brotherhood member of the lodge.  Her goal as Chief is to make 2024 a Fun Year.

Our Officers

Thomas

An Eagle Scout from Troop 40.  Attending EMCC

KAHLAN

A Life Scout from Troop 19  

Joseph

A Life Scout from Troop 16 and a Brotherhood member of the lodge.  

Olivia

Lodge Chief

THOMAS

Vice Chief Programs

Kahlan

Vice Chief Communications

Joseph

Vice Chief Ceremonies

FAQ

Members are elected by their peers in their Scouting Unit. (Not by the OA)  To be eligible you must be First Class and have 15 nights of camping (5 of which are from a Summer Camp) and approved by your Scoutmaster.

For Order of the Arrow participation (events, elections, etc.), a youth is anyone under age 21. Adults are those 21 or older. This holds true for everything except housing status at events, where adults are defined as 18 and older (YPT IS STILL IN EFFECT)

The OA (Order of the Arrow) is the National Honor Society of the Boy Scouts of America

As a Lodge we focus on supporting the council camping program and the physical camp, Camp Binachi and having a FUN time doing it.