In a message dated 8/25/2005 7:42:31 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, sheree606@alltel.net writes: OHH MY GOD it is a cult. I googled it! GEEEEEEsssssssssssh now I feel like I need to apologize. I am soooooooo sorry. Google "Improved Order of the Red Men" Who Are The Red Men? '''The fraternity traces its origins back to 1765 and was originally known as the Sons of Liberty. These patriots concealed their identities and worked "underground" to help establish freedom and liberty in the early Colonies. They patterned themselves after the great Iroquois Confederacy and its democratic governing body. Their system, with elected representatives to govern tribal councils, had been in existence for several centuries. After the War of 1812 the name was changed to the Society of Red Men and later to the Improved Order of Red Men. They kept the customs and terminology of Native Americans as a basic part of the fraternity'' _http://www.redmen.org/_ (http://www.redmen.org/)