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Cherokee Nation committee favors colorful council seal, forwards design to rules
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After a presentation by Cherokee National Treasure Roy Boney, the cultural committee selected a colorful council seal design and approved a black-and-white embroidery version; the colorful option will be forwarded to rules for final consideration.
The Cherokee Nation cultural committee voted to recommend a colorful new seal design and approved a black-and-white embroidery version on a voice vote following a presentation by Cherokee National Treasure and artist Roy Boney.
Boney walked members through two proposed designs, saying the work remained "grounded in a lot of Cherokee traditional imagery," and explaining symbolism from the outer sun motif inward. "So that symbol represents the sun and the fire," he said, and described a braided rope, seven-point elements tied to Cherokee syllables, a seven-point star for clans and a four-headed eagle drawn from Southeastern mound-building iconography. "The color schemes are taken from the Cherokee nation color scheme," Boney said, noting colors reference elements such as water and medicine.
Councilors debated which palette would be most visible on letterhead and apparel. Councilor Teehee said the imagery resonated with her and moved to put the work group's recommendation forward, saying, "I feel this 1 resonates very strongly with me, and I would like to put it forward as the design that comes out of the work group recommended by us as a whole." Other councilors favored the higher-contrast option because it "pops" on printed materials.
The committee voted by hand raise to select the high-contrast color option and agreed to forward that selection to the rules committee for final action. Members also voted to approve a black-and-white version "for embroidery options," which the committee said would be used for shirts and other embroidered materials.
The artist and members agreed to share additional submitted designs by email for any counselor who wanted to review alternatives before the rules committee vote. The committee did not record a roll-call tally in the meeting transcript; the chair stated the motions passed and the selections would be moved on to rules.
