Improved Order of Red Men! Indian Head Tokens! Masonic?

Here's a couple of my favorite Indian Head tokens, maybe we can make a thread of Indian Head tokens. Truly what I'd like to know about is did you have relatives in a The Improved Order of Red Men, Odd Fellows, Masons, Eagles, Shriners or any of the other fraternal organizations, or were/are you a member? I never knew much about these organizations except that when I was working for the State, we held our Pest Control testing in an Odd Fellows hall, must still be there but idk. Oh, and that all these organizations did work to make things better for all, they all operated out of goodness and kindness and did great work for our communities. Are these fraternities still around, I know the Lions Clubs are still going strong in California, and the Shriners as well, anyone know anything? Anyone here collect fraternal organization tokens, medals, badges, please post a pic, I'd like to see what others have come across!

 

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Now that intrigues the heck out of me. Not because I have a fascination with the symbol, but a fascination with history. I always knew it translated back to the ancient Buddhists. Was it also in use with native Americans?