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Mera was a physician and archaeologist who was familiar with the Zia sun symbol, initially found at Zia Pueblo on a 19th century pottery jar (which was later revealed to have been taken from a tribal secret society by James and Matilda Stevenson in the 1890s). The symbol has sacred meaning to the indigenous Zia people. Four is a sacred number ...
[14] [15] [16] The symbol was featured on the flag of Madison, Wisconsin from 1962 through 2018, when concerns about cultural appropriation of the Zia, Puebloan, and New Mexican symbol led the city to remove it. [17] A resolution was passed in 2014, by the National Congress of American Indians to recognize the Zia pueblo’s right to the symbol.
The central element on both flags is the Zia sun symbol, which represents the spiritual importance of the sun and the sacred number four in the culture of the Zia people. The rays of the Zia symbol represent the four cardinal directions, four seasons, four times of the day, and four stages of life. [1] The center of the Zia symbol bears the ...
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A symbol similar but not identical to the Zia sun symbol is stitched on the blue sun. The Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce has made the unsubstantiated claim that it is a "Native American Hogan symbol [that] signifies 'permanent home.'" [ 1 ] The three red and white rays that alternate from the off-center blue sun represent the path of ...
The 22 foot high mosaic sculpture, Tree of Life, created in 1999 and located at Fourth Street and Montano Rd. in North Valley, Albuquerque, New Mexico, is an artwork referencing the early peoples of Mexico and New Mexico, with black and white animal images referencing Native American Mimbres pottery, as well as color figures from the Maya culture.
Embossed red serial with Zia sun symbol separator on golden yellow plate with border line; "NEW MEXICO" centered at bottom; "58" at bottom right "LAND OF ENCHANTMENT" at top 1-12345 1/0-1234 Coded by county of issuance (1 or 1/0) One-digit county plates had the slogan centered, while two-digit county plates had the slogan offset to the right.