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image provided by Principal Chief C.J. Blackwolf Thunders with a Heart MacDonald, 12
June 2020
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This flag was created and adopted in 2020. Each of the seven colors represents the seven directions of the Cherokee. This design (an original) was thoroughly researched for accuracy. Here are the descriptions including Cherokee definitions:
Yellow: da-lo-ni-ge - ᏓᎶᏂᎨ
Yellow represents above.
Blue: sa-go-ne-ge - ᏌᎪᏂᎨ
Blue is north and it represents difficulties and challenges.
Red: gi-ga-ge - ᎩᎦᎨ
Red is east and represents the rising sun, success, and triumph.
Green: i-tse-i-yu-s-di - ᏌᎪᏂᎨ
Green represents now, in the present.
White: u-ne-ga - ᎤᏁᎦ
White is south and represents peace and happiness.
Black: gv-ni-ge - ᎬᎿᎨ
Black is west and represents death and endings.
Brown: u-wo-di-ge - ᎤᏬᏗᎨ
Brown represents below.
The center star: no-qui-si ᏃᏈᏏ & Seven Clans: ga-li-quo-gi tsu-ni-yv-wi ᎦᎵᏉᎩ ᏧᏂᏴᏫ.
Wolf - (a-ni-wa-ya),
Deer - (a-ni-a-ha-wi),
Bird - (a-ni-tsi-s-qua),
Longhair - (a-ni-gi-lo-hi),
Wild Potato - (a-ni-go-da-ge-wi),
Blue - (a-ni-sa-ho-ni),
Paint - (a-ni-wo-di). with seven points represents each of the seven clans and the seven directions.
Rope: s-de-yi -dv ᏍᏕᏱᏛ
Represents family ties and our unbroken connectedness, never ending, always together.
The circle: ga-so-qua-lv ᎦᏐᏆᎸ
Represents our connectedness to each other and the circle of life we are all connected to.
The center fire: Fire: a-tsi-lv ᎠᏥᎸ
Represents our connectedness to the Great Spirit: e-qua a-da-nv-do ᎡᏆ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ
The invisible star: Ghost: a-ni-tsa-s-gi-li ᎠᏂᏣᏍᎩᎵ
Represents those who have left us, those who have returned to the Great
Spirit
Principal Chief C.J. Blackwolf Thunders with a Heart MacDonald, 12
June 2020
image provided by Dennis BlackFeathers-Payne Jr., 16 February 2020
This is the Wolf clan Flag.
Dennis BlackFeathers-Payne Jr., 16 February 2020
The wolf clan
flag is also ours but is not ready for printing as the Cherokee font needs
correcting.
Principal Chief C.J. Blackwolf Thunders with a Heart MacDonald, 12
June 2020
image provided by Dennis BlackFeathers-Payne Jr., 16 February 2020
Description of this flag
RED: is the red earth we all were born from
GREEN: is the medicine and food our mother provides us
DARK BLUE: is the
water, the life blood of the earth the 1st medicine
LIGHT BLUE: is the Air,
the wind, the sacred breath of life
BLACK: is the great mystery, the spirit
realm where we all return
CRIMSON (Border): is our blood to remind us everything around
us is our relation
ROPE: is the infinite weave, we are as strong as the
weakest weave, this rope has no beginning or end it has no weak spots
7 pt
STARS: 7 is the sacred number, and number of clans of our nation. There are two of
them represented in the great mystery as those who have passed and those to come
PHOENIX: the sacred fire bird, emerging from the fire, represents that no matter
what we will emerge and continue on, just like the Phoenix, we are a people of
the sacred redfire.
Dennis BlackFeathers-Payne Jr., 16 February 2020
This flag was used earlier until we discovered it was copied it from the Texas/Mexican Cherokees.
Principal Chief C.J. Blackwolf Thunders with a Heart MacDonald
Variant with text
image provided by Dennis BlackFeathers-Payne Jr., 16 February 2020
This is an alternative flag with the English words of our band written on it.
It is used occasionally but not 1st choice for display.
Dennis BlackFeathers-Payne Jr., 16 February 2020