Troop 577 has adopted the use of Camping Totems, which display colored coups (beads) given to the Scout for each qualifying event. Qualifying events are Troop campouts of at least one night, Camporee’s, Scout summer camps, National High Adventure trips like Philmont, Sea Base, and Boundary Waters; as well as hiking and canoeing trips. The specific color of the coup represents the specific event or the prevailing weather of the event. The coup is awarded after the event, and is worn as part of the larger Tribe of Quivira coup thong. Below is a key to what each specific coup represents.
Green disk – Fair weather overnight campout
Black disk – Foul weather (significant rain) overnight campout
Brown disk – Troop activity (non overnight)
Yellow disk – Camporee (district or council)
Purple disk – Scout Sunday – for wearing a complete uniform to your place of worship during Scout week in February
Orange disk – Very hot weather (>95 F) during day with overnight campout
Clear disk – Sub-zero camping, the low temperature is below 0 F
Red disk – Summer camp
White disk – Snowy weather overnight campout
Blue disk – Cold weather (low below freezing both nights) overnight campout
Green star – Accumulate a total of 25 nights camping
Black star – Accumulate a total of 50 nights camping
Brown star – Accumulate a total of 100 nights camping
Clear star – Accumulate a total of 250 nights camping
Purple star – Accumulate a total of 500 nights camping
Orange star – Accumulate a total of 50 hours of service time
Yellow star – Accumulate a total of 100 hours of service time
Red star – Accumulate a total of 250 hours of service time
White star – Accumulate a total of 500 hours of service time
Blue star – Accumulate a total of 1000 hours of service time
Tan boot – Accumulate a total of 10 hiking miles
Black boot – Accumulate a total of 25 hiking miles
Red boot – Accumulate a total of 50 hiking miles
Gold boot – Attend Philmont Scout Ranch
Green canoe – Accumulate a total of 10 canoeing miles
Yellow canoe – Accumulate a total of 25 canoeing miles
Orange canoe – Accumulate a total of 50 canoeing miles
Gold canoe – Attend Nothern Tier
Fish bead – Any boy who catches a fish on any campout (Verified by an andult)
