FLAG MEANING

Patch flag Yaqui Tribe - Native Americans - Arizona - Nevada - California- Texas - Sonora - Chihuahua - Durango - Sinaloa

The color red symbolizes the blood shed to protect their people, their land, their customs and their religion. The color white symbolizes the purity of their spirit. The color blue symbolizes the sky, where their mother, Maala Mecha and their father, Achai Taa’ah are. The stars represent the cardinal directions, east, west, north and south. The moon represents their mother, Maala Mecha, the mother of all creation. The sun represents their father, Achai Taa’ah, the father of all creation. The black cross represents the memory of all of their ancestors who have died in the many wars to protect their people, their land, their customs and their religion.