Image: Alabama-Coushatta Rez

Landmark: Alabama and Coushatta Indian Reservation
Alabama-Coushatta Reservation Welcome Sign
Alabama-Coushatta Reservation Welcome Sign
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About the symbol displayed on the welcome sign:


  • twin water-fowls = 2 tribes, day/night, sky/earth, life/death, man/woman, beginning/end

  • 2 wise ones

  • egg/seed center = the creator

  • 4 protruding diamond shapes = the four elements (air, water, earth, the sprout)

  • swastika = four directions/seasons/phases of man

  • 7 feathers on wise ones = 7 fires/pipes

  • cultural numbers represented in symbol are 2, 4, 7, 49

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