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     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      
2003      
2004 Karen Cooper Alabama Cherokee  
2004 Hugh N. Lambert Eastern Cherokee Cherokee, NC
2005 Marcos A Crespo-Bonilla Taino Tucson, AZ
2005 Charlotte Barker Cherokee Blythewood, SC 
2005 Marcos A. Crespo-Bonilla Taino  Tucson, AZ
2006

Patricia L. Ruhlander

Cherokee Lafayette, IN
2006 Charles Lahay Metis  

 

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