Editing Scouting in New York (section)

====Longhouse Council====
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Longhouse Council was formed in 2010 as a merger of Hiawatha Seaway Council and Cayuga County Council. The council currently owns 2 camps, including Sabattis Scouting Reservation and Camp Woodland.<ref name="HSCcamping">{{Cite web |title=Hiawatha-Seaway Council Camping |url=http://www.cnyscouts.org/camping/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609122047/http://www.cnyscouts.org/camping/index.html |archive-date=2007-06-09 |access-date=2007-06-21 |website=Hiawatha-Seaway Council Website |publisher=Hiawatha-Seaway Council}}</ref> The council covers six counties&nbsp;— Cayuga, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego, Onondaga, and St. Lawrence.<ref name="HSCdistricts">{{Cite web |title=Council Districts |url=http://www.cnyscouts.org/districts |access-date=2010-01-12 |publisher=Hiawatha-Seaway Council}}</ref>

=====History=====

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=====Organization=====
The council is divided into seven districts:<ref name="HSCdistricts" />
* Cayuga County District (the former Cayuga County Council area)
* Interlakes District (Western Onondaga County)
* Northern Lights District (St. Lawrence County)
* Oneida District (Northern Onondaga County)
* Onondaga District (Southern Onondaga County)
* Ontario District (Oswego County)
* Tri-Rivers District (Jefferson and Lewis Counties)
**As of June 2020, the Onondaga and Oneida Districts merged to become the Crossroads District

{{As of|2009|06|30}}, Longhouse Council acquired a seventh district: Cayuga County.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cayuga District |url=http://www.cnyscouts.org/districts/cayuga |access-date=October 4, 2013 |publisher=Longhouse Council}}</ref> This was previously Cayuga County Council, which lost its charter.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Citizen |first=The Alyssa Sunkin |title=Cayuga Boy Scouts Council loses its charter |work=AuburnPub.com |url=http://auburnpub.com/news/local/cayuga-boy-scouts-council-loses-its-charter/article_46d45bb8-9c08-5f24-8ec6-2aaa00f25557.html |access-date=2018-01-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Cayuga County Council Loses Charter Becomes a District in Hiawatha Seaway Council - ScoutingNews |url=http://www.scoutingnews.org/2009/07/16/cayuga-county-council-loses-charter/ |access-date=2018-01-05 |website=ScoutingNews.org}}</ref>

=====Order of the Arrow=====
Lowanne Nimat Lodge 219, formed January 1, 2010 from Kayanernh Kowa and Tahgajute lodges.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=http://www.cnyscouts.org/history |access-date=2014-01-18 |publisher=Longhouse Council, BSA}}</ref>

The World Brotherhood Camporee is a weekend-long camping trip that Scouts from Canada and the U.S. participate in. The camporee is an annual event and takes place either in the Longhouse Council, New York or in the [[Scouting in Ontario#Scouts Canada Scout Councils|Loyalist Area of the Voyageur Council]], [[Ontario]], Canada.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

The main events include [[Council Shoulder Patch|Council Strip]] trading and a dance party.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LA World Brotherhood Camporee |url=http://www.voyageur.scouts.ca/loyalist/LABrotherhood.htm |website=voyageur.scouts.ca}}</ref>