Each day the sun's placement in the sky is almost the same, therefore, people have learned to adapt or move to avoid it here at camp. At Saturday morning services this is most apparent. The fire circle, in the morning, has two distinct halves: blistering heat and cool shade.
This motivates most of camp to arrive at services 15 minutes early to get the "good seats" (those in the shade). If a village is late to services on that particular morning, they are usually punished with the sun (not a true punishment).
The sun also plagues Onondaga when they line up before dinner. Standing in front of the dining hall, facing west, the entire village is forced to use their hands a visor to shield their eyes from the sun and see the flag being lowered.
Now, in the summer, we ought to embrace the rays because eventually we will only be able to dream of days like these, days where the sun is too bright.
Jake Massa
Programming Activity Counselor
