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Art

• Art Merit Badge Requirements
  Boy Scouts of America^®
  
  
• Art Museums in the United States
  A listing of museums in the USA, maintained by Artcyclopedia.
  
  
• Careers in the Arts
  A brief overview from Oswego State University of New York.
  
  
• Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
  Located in Providence, RISD offers higher education programs in many arts and has its own museum.
  
  
• World Wide Web Virtual Library: History of Art
  A directory of links to resources in many art forms.

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Basketry

• Basketry Merit Badge Requirements
  Boy Scouts of America^®
  
  
• National Basketry Organization (NBO)
  A membership organization that promotes education in the art, skill, heritage and appreciation of traditional and contemporary basketry. Be sure to visit the gallery.
  
  
• Virtual Basketry Exhibits
  Online presentations of basketweaving exhibitions held in museums, studios and galleries from around the world. (BasketMakers.org)
  
  
• Basketry Kits
  • BSA^®: Scoutstuff.org
  • V. I. Reed & Cane (commercial site)

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Indian Lore

• Indian Lore Merit Badge Requirements
  Boy Scouts of America^®
  
  
• NativeWeb
  Resources for indigenous cultures around the world. Includes links to Native American tribes.
  
  
• World Wide Web Virtual Library: American Indians
  An index of Native American resources on the Internet.
  
  
• Narragansett Indian Tribe
  The Narragansetts are the Native Americans of Rhode Island.
  
  
• Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation
  The Pequots are Native Americans of southeastern Connecticut; they operate the Mashantucket Museum and Research Center.
  
  
• Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum
  Exeter, Rhode Island
  Maintains a collection of Native American artifacts from across the continent.
  
  
• The Indian and Colonial Research Center
  Old Mystic, Connecticut
  Maintains geneological, cultural and historical information, with an emphasis on Connecticut.
  
  
• Native Languages of the Americas
  A directory of online resources for Native American languages and cultures, including Plains Indian Sign Language and the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy.
  
  
• Indian Lore Craft Kits
  • BSA^®: Scoutstuff.org
  • CraftKits (commercial site)

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Leatherwork

• Leatherwork Merit Badge Requirements
  Boy Scouts of America^®
  
  
• International Internet Leathercrafter's Guild (IILG)
  Membership organization that promotes the art and craft of leather through the exchange of information, patterns and tips. Visit the scrapbook to view examples of members' work.
  
  
• Leatherwork Kits
  • BSA^®: Scoutstuff.org
  • Tandy Leather Company (commercial site)

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Wood Carving

• Wood Carving Merit Badge Requirements
  Boy Scouts of America^®
  
  
• American Red Cross Courses
  
  
• National Wood Carvers Association (NWCA)
  A membership organization dedicated to the interests of amateur and professional carvers and whittlers.
  
  
• New England Woodcarvers (NEWC)
  A local membership organization.
  
  
• Wood Carving Kits
  • BSA^®: Scoutstuff.org
  • Bob Reitmeyer: Boy Scout Wood Carving & Merit Badge Supplies (commercial site)

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Neckerchief Slides / Woggles

• The Origins of the Woggle (PDF)
  They apparently began as "Boon Doggles" in the USA. (ScoutBase UK)
  
  
• Woggle World
  A site, maintained by Russ Strenk, with many ideas for neckerchief slides, including reprints of "Slide of the Month" from Boy's Life magazine.
  
  
• The Slide Show
  Even more ideas, collected by Lorie McGraw.
  
  
• Scouting With a Neckerchief
  Reprint of a pamphlet written by Commodore W. E. Longfellow for the Boy Scout Service Library in 1927. (The Pine Tree Web)
  
  
• BSA^®: Scoutstuff.org
  Offers various slides, especially as craft kits.