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In Polynesia, the seven-pointed star is used often in imagery, basket making, tattoos, and is considered to be a symbol of Kanaloa, the first Polynesian navigator. [2] [3] The seven-sided star is an important symbol of the Cherokee people of southern Appalachia, representing the seven clans of the Cherokee and the sacred number seven.
A flag for the new nation was designed by Stanley John, and approved by the Cherokee Tribal Council on October 9, 1978. The flag has an orange field with the "Great Seal of the Cherokee Nation" at its center. The seal is surrounded by seven yellow stars with seven points. Each of the stars points toward the star in the center of the seal.
It consists of a large, seven-pointed star surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves. The seven-pointed star represents the seven ancient clans of the Cherokee people. The wreath of oak leaves refers to oak wood, the principal hardwood in the old Cherokee country in the Carolinas that was used in maintaining the perpetually burning sacred fire. In ...
The seven-point metallic star floats on the glassy surface of the lake, reminiscent of a far-flung future civilization, or a spaceship touching down on an alien planet. It looks like something ...
Octagram, an eight-pointed star polygon; Enneagram, a nine-pointed star polygon; Decagram, a ten-pointed star polygon; Hendecagram, an eleven-pointed star polygon; Dodecagram, a twelve-pointed star polygon; Magic star, a star polygon in which numbers can be placed at each of the vertices and intersections, such that the four numbers on each ...
Mel Cornshucker, Keetoowah Band Cherokee, (born 1952) Anita Fields, Osage/Muscogee, (born 1950) Bill Glass Jr., Cherokee Nation; Anna Mitchell, Cherokee Nation (1926–2012), revived the art of Cherokee pottery for the Western Cherokee; Jane Osti, Cherokee Nation; Jeri Redcorn, Caddo/Citizen Potawatomi (born ca. 1940)
In one call, she gave him Verna’s address and her daily routine. They also settled on a price. "$5,000 for the girl. $2,500 for the mother," he said.
The five-pointed star, if drawn with points of equal length and angles of 36° at each point, is sometimes termed a golden five pointed star. [7] If the colinear edges are joined, a pentagram is produced, which is the simplest of the unicursal star polygons , and a symbol of mystical and magical significance.