Indigenous Insignia Description
- The Medicine Wheel represents the spiritual, emotional, mental and physical elements of the person.
- The four colors of red, blue, white and yellow around the bear represent the Four Nations of the world.
- The braided sweet grass represents Mother Earth and her holistic healing gifts that she provides us with.
- The intertwined sash represents the Métis. The different ethnic backgrounds, different languages and how they blend into one another to form a rich tapestry like the lives and cultures of the Métis people.
- The bear represents traditional and contemporary medicines and teachings of the sacred medicines complementing one another.