The flag represents the Navajo people because it shows and tells the history of the Navajos. It shows the original Navajo Reservation to the present Navajo reservation. It shows the old traditional ways to the modern ways that we mostly use today. It shows the transition of the Navajo people long ago to the moder Navajo people when the white settlers came here and changed our lives forever. The four sacred mountains are in the four directions. The seal in the middle has the livestock like corn, the main one used in ceremonies. The creation story long ago had the twin monster slayers and used the rainbow as protection thats what the rainbow represents also our limited sovereignty. We don't have full sovereign because of our past choices and treaties with the settlers and government.
The Navajo Nation flag to me represents alot of past experiences on the uphill battle for sovereignty. The rainbow protects the reservation like a Halo 3 bubble shield, it has three stripes representing the triple citizenship of the people. The red stripe is the sacrifices our past leaders suffered for us to get us where we are at today, the yellow stripe is the hook-ups we got from the government that changed our lives forever, nd the blue stripe is our future and what we make of it. The navajo reservation is a parched brown, color like my skin :P... the reservation has its land marks, in the center of the four sacred mountains. In the middle of the land, is the Navajo Nation seal. The Navajo Nation seal shows the navajos history, corn, animals, windmills, forest, fish,etc. the histroy inside the seal is the heart of the Navajo Nation. ONE LOVE AT A TIME
The Navajo Nation Flag represents who we are as a Navajo Tribe and how we overcame many trials and tribulations. Our Navajo Nation flag relates back to our creation story of how we came about. For the rainbow that is wrapped around our nation, it is seen as "Hozho" and guides us under it's protection as told in the creation story. It is like a weapon of protection that belonged to the twins of Changing Women, Nayee' Nazghaani and To' Bajishchiini. The four mountains that are surrounding the reservation and below the rainbow are known as the sacred mountains which, also protects us. These mountains are like the border of the Navajo Nation and they are kept sacred to us. As in sacred, I mean we pray to them for hozho and to keep us away from hochxo, which are the main subjects that we have to keep sacred. The beige color on the flag represents the modern-day outline of our reservation, then the darker color within the beige color, represents the territory we were given from the Treaty of 1868. But as time passed, we have been given more territory as our population increased. The the small circle, part of the flag has everything we've been blessed with by the Holy People like livestock, homes, sawmills, cornstalks, windmills, and wildlife. All these things are used for everyday living and they are what we survive on.
The Navajo Nation Flag represents the Navajo People through many factors. It represents us through our doctrines, and our traditions. It represents the treaties made with the United States Government for our lands. Most of all it represents the ideology of the Navajo Nation and its people. For example, the four scared mountains are apart of the doctines of the Navajo people, who teach of the scarity of living with the four mountains. They are representation of our basic teachings of the protection of the Two Men and Two Women. We use those mountain to mark our true boundries of our land given by the Holy People. It signifies our home, where we are protected. The rainbow represents many things to us, the Navajo people. It may be seen as a sybolism of protection by the people and is a seen a the unification of the Navajo Nation and its people. The three stripes of the rainbow represents the Triple Citizenship the Navajo people have. The people are U.S. citizens, State citizen, and citizens of the Navajo Nation. It is also signifies the Semi-Sovereignty that the Navajo Nation has, had over the past years. The brown and beige landmarkings are representations of the treaties of Navajo Nation with the United States Government. The brown markings are the land promised in the Treaty of 1868 in Bosque de Rondo, New Mexico. All the beige landmarkings are all representation of all the land that was later given to the Navajo Nation by the order of the President. But as most Navajos may know that this is not all the land given by the Holy People. These are the most commonly seen symbols in the Navajo Nation Flag.
The flag represents our nation as dine people. Its symbolic to our culture and how it resembles the harmony and balances inflicted within our culture. First there is a small picture symbolic to the population with houses, livestock, and resources all used in daily life on mother earth. Surrounding the small icon, are two stalks of corn which is very important to everything in our culture. Next there is our reservation territory; The lighter boundaries representing the current territory and the darker representing the territory given to us in the 1800s. There is also a small mountain icon on the four sides of the flag, resembling the sacred mountains which are sacred and essential to our culture.Finally surrounding the whole image is the rainbow, which symbolizes the sovereignty we have on our territory, the protection it has, and the balance of peace.
as any great nation within this earth, the require an object or materialistic thing to represent a strong symbolism of there country. The Navajo Nation Flag is no different, its simple design holds a strong meaning to the Dine people. Certain objects are placed in a certain posititon along the way are drawn. The dine people and government are very tradition people and they incorporate there belief, stories, songs, and way of life. The color of the mountains, these represent the 4 worlds that we emerged from (black, blue, white, and yellow). These individual colors have a story and history for why they practice hozho, clanship and k'e. The beige and brown color represent the territory. The brown was what land was given to us by the government but with the treaty and determination to get the original land back is the beige color that we are living on today. The corn in the seal shows that its important crop that we use daily and in ceromonies that we practice and cherish today. It symbolises the well being of the people and animals. Animals and buildings in the background show how the Dine evolved from a nomadic lifestyle to a modern today outlook we live today.
if you take the navajo flag it to two different people you will get two different anwsers, with one person being a navajo comminaly knowen as the (dine), and the other non navajo, the dine will compaire it to the creatishion stories and how and what every things means, and he will say evey thing thats on the flag is importent and is vary symbolic in many ways, and mean a lot the people, and for the non navajo you'll just get a plain anwser, like "aww its just flag doseint mean any thing" people dont undterstand the value of the navajo flag.
The flag represents the Navajo people because it shows and tells the history of the Navajos. It shows the original Navajo Reservation to the present Navajo reservation. It shows the old traditional ways to the modern ways that we mostly use today. It shows the transition of the Navajo people long ago to the moder Navajo people when the white settlers came here and changed our lives forever. The four sacred mountains are in the four directions. The seal in the middle has the livestock like corn, the main one used in ceremonies. The creation story long ago had the twin monster slayers and used the rainbow as protection thats what the rainbow represents also our limited sovereignty. We don't have full sovereign because of our past choices and treaties with the settlers and government.
ReplyDeleteThe Navajo Nation flag to me represents alot of past experiences on the uphill battle for sovereignty.
ReplyDeleteThe rainbow protects the reservation like a Halo 3 bubble shield, it has three stripes representing the triple citizenship of the people. The red stripe is the sacrifices our past leaders suffered for us to get us where we are at today, the yellow stripe is the hook-ups we got from the government that changed our lives forever, nd the blue stripe is our future and what we make of it.
The navajo reservation is a parched brown, color like my skin :P... the reservation has its land marks, in the center of the four sacred mountains. In the middle of the land, is the Navajo Nation seal.
The Navajo Nation seal shows the navajos history, corn, animals, windmills, forest, fish,etc. the histroy inside the seal is the heart of the Navajo Nation.
ONE LOVE AT A TIME
The Navajo Nation Flag represents who we are as a Navajo Tribe and how we overcame many trials and tribulations. Our Navajo Nation flag relates back to our creation story of how we came about.
ReplyDeleteFor the rainbow that is wrapped around our nation, it is seen as "Hozho" and guides us under it's protection as told in the creation story. It is like a weapon of protection that belonged to the twins of Changing Women, Nayee' Nazghaani and To' Bajishchiini.
The four mountains that are surrounding the reservation and below the rainbow are known as the sacred mountains which, also protects us. These mountains are like the border of the Navajo Nation and they are kept sacred to us. As in sacred, I mean we pray to them for hozho and to keep us away from hochxo, which are the main subjects that we have to keep sacred.
The beige color on the flag represents the modern-day outline of our reservation, then the darker color within the beige color, represents the territory we were given from the Treaty of 1868. But as time passed, we have been given more territory as our population increased.
The the small circle, part of the flag has everything we've been blessed with by the Holy People like livestock, homes, sawmills, cornstalks, windmills, and wildlife. All these things are used for everyday living and they are what we survive on.
The Navajo Nation Flag represents the Navajo People through many factors. It represents us through our doctrines, and our traditions. It represents the treaties made with the United States Government for our lands. Most of all it represents the ideology of the Navajo Nation and its people.
ReplyDeleteFor example, the four scared mountains are apart of the doctines of the Navajo people, who teach of the scarity of living with the four mountains. They are representation of our basic teachings of the protection of the Two Men and Two Women. We use those mountain to mark our true boundries of our land given by the Holy People. It signifies our home, where we are protected.
The rainbow represents many things to us, the Navajo people. It may be seen as a sybolism of protection by the people and is a seen a the unification of the Navajo Nation and its people. The three stripes of the rainbow represents the Triple Citizenship the Navajo people have. The people are U.S. citizens, State citizen, and citizens of the Navajo Nation. It is also signifies the Semi-Sovereignty that the Navajo Nation has, had over the past years.
The brown and beige landmarkings are representations of the treaties of Navajo Nation with the United States Government. The brown markings are the land promised in the Treaty of 1868 in Bosque de Rondo, New Mexico. All the beige landmarkings are all representation of all the land that was later given to the Navajo Nation by the order of the President. But as most Navajos may know that this is not all the land given by the Holy People.
These are the most commonly seen symbols in the Navajo Nation Flag.
The flag represents our nation as dine people. Its symbolic to our culture and how it resembles the harmony and balances inflicted within our culture. First there is a small picture symbolic to the population with houses, livestock, and resources all used in daily life on mother earth. Surrounding the small icon, are two stalks of corn which is very important to everything in our culture. Next there is our reservation territory; The lighter boundaries representing the current territory and the darker representing the territory given to us in the 1800s. There is also a small mountain icon on the four sides of the flag, resembling the sacred mountains which are sacred and essential to our culture.Finally surrounding the whole image is the rainbow, which symbolizes the sovereignty we have on our territory, the protection it has, and the balance of peace.
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ReplyDeleteas any great nation within this earth, the require an object or materialistic thing to represent a strong symbolism of there country. The Navajo Nation Flag is no different, its simple design holds a strong meaning to the Dine people. Certain objects are placed in a certain posititon along the way are drawn. The dine people and government are very tradition people and they incorporate there belief, stories, songs, and way of life. The color of the mountains, these represent the 4 worlds that we emerged from (black, blue, white, and yellow). These individual colors have a story and history for why they practice hozho, clanship and k'e. The beige and brown color represent the territory. The brown was what land was given to us by the government but with the treaty and determination to get the original land back is the beige color that we are living on today. The corn in the seal shows that its important crop that we use daily and in ceromonies that we practice and cherish today. It symbolises the well being of the people and animals. Animals and buildings in the background show how the Dine evolved from a nomadic lifestyle to a modern today outlook we live today.
ReplyDeleteif you take the navajo flag it to two different people you will get two different anwsers, with one person being a navajo comminaly knowen as the (dine), and the other non navajo, the dine will compaire it to the creatishion stories and how and what every things means, and he will say evey thing thats on the flag is importent and is vary symbolic in many ways, and mean a lot the people, and for the non navajo you'll just get a plain anwser, like "aww its just flag doseint mean any thing" people dont undterstand the value of the navajo flag.
ReplyDeleteAll very good responses, i adore everyone's own perspective and voice, keep up the good work.
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