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NAVAJO NATION TRIBE - In English, the official name for the area was "Navajo Indian Reservation", as outlined in Article II of the 1868 Navajo Treaty. On April 15, 1969, the tribe changed its official name to the Navajo Nation, which is also displayed on the seal.  This was a period of Native American activism and assertion of sovereignty.

MIAMI TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA -  The Miami Tribe of Oklahoma is the only federally recognized Native American tribe of Miami Indians in the United States. The people are descended from Miami who were removed in the 19th century from their traditional territory in present-day Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.

KIOWA TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA -  The Kiowas are a tribe of Native Americans that migrated from western Montana southward into the Rocky Mountains in Colorado during the 17th and 18th centuries, and finally into the Southern Plains by the early 19th century.   In 1867, the Kiowa were moved to a reservation in southwestern Oklahoma.

PLOW - The plow symbolizes the harvest; the reaping of life.  

The signification of "plowing" is preparation by believers of Christ, for the receiving of truth.   The signification of "harvest" is our gathering back to our Holy Father--for harvest is the already "ripe crop" when it is being gathered, hence "harvest" is the knowing the truth of God's words.

(KJV Hosea 10:12) - Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI) -  On July 26, 1908, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is born when U.S. Attorney General Charles Bonaparte orders a group of newly hired federal investigators to report to Chief Examiner Stanley W. Finch of the Department of Justice.

DELAWARE TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA -  The Delaware Tribe of Indians, sometimes called the Eastern Delaware, based in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, is one of three federally recognized tribes of Delaware Indians in the United States, along with the Delaware Nation based in Anadarko, Oklahoma and the Stockbridge-Munsee Community of Wisconsin.  More Lenape or Delaware people live in Canada.  Tribal membership is limited exclusively to descendants of Delaware people on the 1906 tribal rolls from Indian Territory.

HORSE -  Although the horse was present in many different cultures, they represent the same concepts of freedom and power.   In some cultures, white horses stand for the balance of wisdom and power.   In others, like Christianity, the white horse is a symbol of death.  The horse is a universal symbol of freedom without restraint, because riding a horse made people feel they could free themselves from their own binding.  An important thing to remember about horses is that they are representative of the spirit, similar to freedom. 

TEAR DROPS - Tear drops represent both joy and sorrow as well as cleansing.  It can truly be said that tears are most precious indeed.  Tears are the experience all mankind shares, and our Lord was no exception; he too shed tears.  The smallest verse in the Holy Bible is John 11:35 - Jesus wept. 

WATERFALL -  It is a symbol of everlasting life, as Christ is the "Living Water".  Water is also one of the crucial four elements for life on our planet.

(KJV Gen 1:1-2) -  In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.  (2) And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

City Hall is closed today in recognition of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.