In an age in which camps are getting bigger, less personal, and stressing athletic competition more and more, there is a need for camps that offer a genuine camping experience and an opportunity for our children to live in harmony with themselves, others, and the environment.

Night Eagle exists to introduce the youth of today to the wonders of nature and to offer them that rare moment in which they can slow down, escape the modern world of television and video games, and discover new aspects in the meaning of life.

Accredited by the American Camping Association, Night Eagle is a primitive camp whose way of life is designed to build a boy’s self-confidence and foster a better understanding of native peoples and their relationship with the earth.

The American Indian knew that man’s heart away from nature became hard. He knew that lack of respect for growing, living things soon led to a lack of respect for humans, too. So, he kept his youth close to nature’s softening influences.

With the guidance of Allen Flying By, a Hunkpapa Sioux from Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota, Night Eagle has created a program designed to let our campers live as closely with nature as possible and to learn more about the American Indian and his lifestyle. Great care is taken to develop a sensitivity to issues surrounding their customs and sacred rituals. Campers gain respect and understanding of the heritage of native peoples and also discover our culture’s impact on their history and current problems.

As a boy immerses himself in another culture, he gains a rare perspective of himself and his own culture as well -- a perspective that couldn’t be gained through any amount of reading or studying in the classroom.