[citation needed] The Koshare Indians were formed as a senior project while Burshears was a student at Colorado College.
as one of the finest collections of Native American artifacts in the world, housed on the campus of Otero Junior College.
"The Scoutmaster's Prayer" was written during World War II when Burshears had received word of one of his Scouts missing in action.
Burshears was scheduled to speak to the group the next day at their annual Christmas party, but he was at a loss for words.
By early morning he had completed "The Scoutmaster's Prayer", said to have been "a poem that has become a clear statement of his life's guiding theme".