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The Cherokee seal was designed to embrace the early government structure, and the eternal endurance of the Cherokee (Tsalagi) people.
It was adopted by the Act of the Cherokee National Council, and approved in 1871.
It must be added here before all else: The numeral Seven not only being very sacred to the people themselves, but is the absolute Holy number of God Himself.
The seven-pointed star symbolizes:
(1) The Seven Clans themselves: Wolf, Wild Potato, Deer, Paint, Bird, Long Hair, Blue or Panther Clan.
(2) The Seven characters of Sequoyah's syllabary, meaning "Cherokee Nation."
(The Cherokee characters are phonetically pronounced "(Tsa-la-gi-hi A-yi-li")
(3) The wreath of oak leaves symbolizes the sacred fire which, from time immemorial, that has been even to present day keeps burning in their land.
Oak being one of many indigenous sacred woods that is traditionally burned in ceremonies and such.
The Seven Sacred woods are: Oak, Ash, Beech, Maple, Locust, Birch, Hickory
The margin wording proclaims the authority of the seal in both the English and Cherokee (Tsalagi) languages, and records the date (1839) of the adoption of the Constitution of the Cherokee(Tsalagi) Nation West.. This seal was imprinted on all documents until the dissolution of the Cherokee (Tsalagi) Nation at Oklahoma Statehood.
The offical flag of the Cherokee (Tsalagi) Nation was raised for the first time during ceremonies Sunday September 30th 1979. It was designed by Stanley John, a full-blooded Navajo, who lives in Tahlequah. John actually submitted 18 different designs to the tribal council.
Only one made use of the Cherokee (Tsaligi) Seal It was approved by the tribal council.
The seal is surrounded by seven stars, each with a point in line with the seven points of the center star. The seven stars and seven points of each star symbolize the seven clans of the Cherokees (Tsalagi). The seal and stars are set in a field of orange, bordered by a black and green rope along the outer edge.
On September 9, 1989, the tribal council approved a resolution that it would be a standard size, That being 3' x 5' and design.
To memorialize the Cherokee (Tsalagi) peoples who died on the Trail of Tears, the council also approved the addition of a seven-pointed black star.
