The purpose of the Order of the Arrow is four-fold:

• To recognize those Scout campers who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law in their daily lives
• To develop and maintain camping traditions and spirit
• To promote Scout camping
• To crystallize the Scout habit of helpfulness into a life purpose of leadership in cheerful service to others

The Order of the Arrow (OA) was founded by Dr. E. Urner Goodman and Carroll A. Edson in 1915 at the Treasure Island Camp of the Philadelphia Council, Boy Scouts of America. It became an official program experiment in 1922 and was approved as part of the Scouting program in 1934. In 1948 the OA, recognized as the BSA's national brotherhood of honor campers, became an official part of the national camping program of the Boy Scouts of America. Today the OA has more than 176,000 members located in lodges affiliated with approximately 327 BSA local councils. Troop 85 is proud of its Order of the Arrow members, who are part of the Cheyenne Chapter of Lodge 66 Yah-Tah-Hey-Si-Kess.

Cheyenne Chapter meetings take place on the first Thusday of every month at Central United Methodist Church located at Central and Univeristy Blvds, just west of the University of New Mexico campus. The meeting begins at 7:00pm and all youth and adults in attendance must be in complete uniform, including their OA sash.