 This
embroidered 2.5 inch X 2 inch patch, representing the tribal shield
of The Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community,
is available exclusively from the MMDC by sending a check or money
order of $8.00 plus $1.00 for shipping and handling, all of
which is tax deductible, to:
Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community at PO Box
50835
Mendota MN 55150.
Please allow two to three weeks for shipping.
Below is a explanation of the tribal shield.
Six
Sacred Directions:
Blue Half Circle - Sky
Green Half Circle - Earth
Red represents the north - where we came from
Yellow represents the
east - where the sun is born
White represents the south - journey to the spirit world
Black represents the west - where the sun dies and life-giving rain
comes
Upper Left Quadrant - The confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi
Rivers. Ancestral homeland of Mendota.
Upper Right Quadrant - Pipe signifies prayer.
Lower Left Quadrant - Survival as a People
Lower Right Quadrant - Father Sun - Mother Earth
Seven Feathers - Oceti Sakowin - Seven sacred fires of Dakota or
Sioux Nation.
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