Cherokee flag may refer to the Flag of the Cherokee Nation (Oklahoma), the Flag of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians (Oklahoma), or to the Flag of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee nation (North Carolina).
A common element of the Cherokee flags is the seven pointed star, which symbolizes the sacred fire of the Cherokee people, and the seven clans.
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Famous quotes containing the words cherokee and/or flag:
“A Cherokee is too smart to put anything in the contribution box of a race that’s robbed him of his birthright.”
—Howard Estabrook (1884–1978)
“Up rose old Barbara Frietchie then,
Bowed with her fourscore years and ten;
Bravest of all in Frederick town,
She took up the flag the men hauled down;”
—John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)