Eswau Huppeday's ceremonies teams have shown major improvements throughout the 1990s. They have been competing at Section and National events since 1992. At the 1992 NOAC, the team finished 18th in the nation in the Brotherhood Ceremony. After being unable to compete at the 1994 NOAC, the team finished as a National Medalist Team in the Pre-ordeal ceremony in 1996. Team members included Jacob Hollar as Allowat Sakima, Michael Pittman as Meteu, T.C. Morphis as Nutiket, and Gary Wilhelm as Kichkinet.

In addition, the team has done very well at Section Conclaves. The team finished second in the Pre-Ordeal ceremony to Nawakwa Lodge in both 1995 and 1996. Team members have also placed several times individually in the Pre-Ordeal ceremony. Gary Wilhelm finished first as Kichkinet in 1995 and 1996 as well as second in 1993. Jon Blosser finished first as Nutiket in 1995, second in 1996, and third in 1993. Jacob Hollar finished second as Allowat Sakima in 1995 and 1996. Nathan Yoder finished second as Allowat Sakima in 1993 and third in 1994. Michael Pittman finished second as Meteu in 1996. The team has been successful during the 1990s and expects to be successful on into the next century.

Eswau's ceremony success continued into the new section too, with a first place finish in the Pre-Ordeal ceremony. Eswau's Ceremonial team did not stop there.  They earned first place in 1999, 2000 and 2001 also. Not only did the team earn first, but every individual has placed first or second. Daniel Ray finished first as Nutiket in 1998, 1999 and 2000. Parker Gray finished first as Meteu in 1998. Michael Pittman finished first as Allowat Sakima in 1998. John Melonakos finished second as Kichkinet in 1998. David Blankenship finished first as Meteu in 2000 and second in 1999. Thomas White finished first as Allowat Sakima in 1999, 2000 and 2001. Dustin Drennan finished first as Kichkinet in 1999, 2000 and 2001. Adam Lutterloh finished first as Nutiket in 2001 and Brian Barrett finished first as Meteu in 2001. Eswau began competing in the Brotherhood ceremony in 2000, earning a first place as a team.  Thomas White as Allowat Sakima and Adam Lutterloh as Kichkinet place first. Robert White as Nutiket finished second and John Garwood as Meteu finished third. Adam Lutterloh as Kichkinet placed second in 2001, after some unfortunate happening occurred. Eswau's Ceremony Team hopes to continue its dominance of SR5 in the years to come. 

Eswau Ceremonies has also done well at NOAC. In 2000, the Pre-Ordeal was evaluated and was given an Honors rating. Team members were Adam Lutterloh as Nutiket, David Blankenship as Meteu, Thomas White as Allowat Sakima and Dustin Drennan as Kichkinet.

Dixie 2002: A Golden Legacy was the 50th anniversary of the Dixie Fellowship.  Eswau Huppeday showed up with its metaphorical game face on.  We won the Dance, Website, and both Pre-Ordeal and Brotherhood Competitions.  We also won various Quest Competitions, had dancers place individual categories, and placed in the Knowledge and Training Competition.  Although the camp was plastered with our Hawaiian posters, we did not win spirit; we did however, become one of only three lodges in the section to be a honor lodge for the year.

Simply put, Eswau rocked of the shaheezy at NOAC 2002, which took place at the University of Indiana.  The Call Out team (Thomas White, Adam Lutterloh, Brian Barrett,
and Kenneth Pekarek) was awarded the Honor Medal, the first team to do so in our lodge's history.  Adam Bartley was in the top 10 in the nation for old style dancing, and Brian Manuel placed in the top five in the same category.  For the fifth time in a row, Eswau won Team Dance.  The website received the National Honor Site Award for the second time in a row.  Eswau also received the Spirit Award.  Eswau, along with AKK were the only lodges in our section to receive it, and only 19 other lodges in the nation won the award.  Not only did Eswau win/compete in just about everything, we obtained 950 patches to raise money for our lodge by doing our patch trading game for the second year.  Eswau truly outdanced, outperformed, and outtraded.

Once Again, Eswau had an awesome performance at Dixie 2003. We were one of 4 section honor lodges. In Administrative events, we placed 2nd in planbook, 3rd in Lodge Display, and 3rd in Website. In Quest for the Golden Arrow, we placed 1st in Knot-Tying, 1st in Rifle, 1st in Tent Pitching, 2nd in Egg Toss, and 3rd in Cross Country.  In Indian Events Eswau won 1st in pre-ordeal and Brotherhood. This was our 6th strait pre-ordeal victory and our 2nd strait Brotherhood victory. In Brotherhood, Thomas White (Allowat), John Garwood (Meteu), Zack Queen (Nutiket), and Adam Lutterloh (Kichkinet) all placed first in thier parts. In Pre-Ordeal, Thomas White (Allowat), Brian Barrett (Meteu), Adam Lutterloh, (Nutiket), and Kenneth Pekarek (Kichkinet), all placed 1st in thier parts. TWO CLEAN SWEEPS.  We won 3rd place in team sing and once again, we won 1st place in Team Dance. In Individual Dancing, Raymond Leatherman came in 1st for Old Style and Brian Manuel came in 3rd. In Outfit Judging for Oldstyle, Raymond Leatherman won 1st, Thomas White won 2nd, and Brendon Haney won 3rd.  Finally, We placed 2nd in the Power Tools divison of the Totem Pole Carving. As you can see, Eswau won many events in every aspect of Dixie, proving once again that we are more than just an Indian Events Lodge. 

In 2004 our Lodge again succeeded at NOAC at the University of Iowa. Here is a listing of competitions we either won or did well in:

American Indian Events:

Raymond Leatherman and Brian Manuel both danced individual old style and placed second and fifth (respectively). The drum team placed seventh and the dance team once again won the National Championship. The Ceremonies team also did well. Robbie Miller, Jay McKinney, Adam Lutterloh, and Jeff Rasmussen competed and received Honor Medals for the Pre-Ordeal Ceremony. Adam Lutterloh and Jeff Rasmussen also competed in the Vigil Ceremony and received medals for performing quality ceremonies.

Other Events:

Eswau Huppeday sent out a Volleyball team into the tournament and tied for fifth place overall. The Brotherhood participation award was an individual award that every member of our contingent earned at this NOAC. Our website received Honor Site status and is one of only two Lodges to have received this honor since the competition was started in 2000.  We also took home the most prestigious award offered at NOAC, the Lodge Spirit Award. Only twenty lodges in the nation took home this award and we were one of them. Just a news update. Every member of the lodge contingent should be congratulated as it was a team effort that enabled us to succeed at this NOAC.