At times people look toward symbols to bind them, sometimes to separate them. In the old days we didn’t need much. We knew who we were, where we came from and what we were all about.
Americans have old glory, Canadians have the maple leaf, and Quebec has the fleur de lys, Mohawks have their “Warrior flag”… Well you get the idea.
So it’s about time we got our own symbol—Something for us. Something to look up to. Something we can carry proudly and say, yes, that is ours. Something we can carry to a General assembly, a sports event, to a meeting, to a powwow and, heaven forbid, to war.
We have the beaver skin stretcher and goose logos but those do not symbolize our nations as a whole. The logo for the Grand Council is just that, the logo for the Grand Council. We need a symbol to bind the nine Eeyou nations together. Something to stand the test of time—like we have.
We are proudly announcing yet another contest at The Nation to FIND THE FLAG for the Eeyou Nation. Send in your design for the flag c/o The Nation. We will let you know in the coming issues about the prizes, judges, sponsors, etc. (for info see page 13).
