Native Sons and Daughters

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Timucuan Longhouse is the local, greater Jacksonville area, affiliate of the nationwide Native Sons & Daughters Programs.

The NATIVE SONS AND DAUGHTERS PROGRAMS® were developed and are administered by National Longhouse, Ltd. These programs emphasize the vital role that parents play in the growth and development of their children. The original program plan of sons learning directly from their father was patterned from the tradition of some North American Indian cultural groups. These programs seek to strengthen the foundations for a positive lifelong relationship between parent and child that is mutually beneficial and satisfying.

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The Native Sons and Daughters Program

This program is for the parent and pre-adolescent child. They incorporate age-appropriate recreation of light or medium activity, which revolves around a structured North American Indian theme, and are designed to strengthen parent-child, neighborhood, and inter-communal bonds.

The Native Sons and Daughters Pathfinders Program

This program is for the parent and adolescent child or teenager. They incorporate age-appropriate recreation that is more physically or mentally challenging, which places less emphasis on a program theme, and are designed to strengthen parent-child, neighborhood, and inter-communal bonds.