Osage Indian Symbols
World Peace Jewelry: Symbols of the Osage Indians
Since we moved to the Missouri Ozarks, we've been fascinated to learn about this region's first known inhabitants, Native Americans known as the Osage.
The Osage believed they were the special people from the stars. Grandfather Sun had sent them to the Ozark land to care for it and bring order. This was his favorite land. So the Star People made sure things stayed in their order and man did not ruin it by waste. They recognized the place of each thing on earth and were careful to do nothing to change nature's ways.
Some of their symbols:
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Bells
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the earth's center and rotation
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Black
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Night
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Black and Red
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Life everlasting
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Blue
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Earth's carpet of vegetation
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2 Blue Lines
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Water
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Brown
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Mother Earth
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Clear Blue or Turquoise
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Spritual qualities of sky, water and plant life
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Corn
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Embodies both the male and female; the staff of life
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Feathers
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Carry prayers to the Creator
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Hawks
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Good medicine; the redtailed named after Grandfather the Sun
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Quartz
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Used to receive direction from God
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Red
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Day
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Red Cedar
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The tree of life
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Turtle
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The rays of Grandfather the Sun
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White
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The faultless body at Creation
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Wild Turkeys
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The wildness of earth and the mystery of creation
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3 Lines or Serrations
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The Supreme Law: respect, harmony, love
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