She appeared in the 2010 film Questions for Crazy Horse. Beautiful Junal Gerlach is a Native American model, actress, and clothing designer. The Apache tribe consider the colours green, white, yellow and black to be important as they represented the four sacred mountains for them. Native American Model Nikki Bishop is a member of the Shawnee Nation. Black signified the night and blue signified dawn. They believed the white mountains signified mornings, and the yellow stood for dusk.
The eastern mountains are represented by white, the southern mountains by blue, the western mountains by yellow, and the northern mountains by black.
The Navajo tribes consider the colours blue, white, yellow, and black very important as they represent the four sacred mountains. While these colour symbolisms are broadly applicable to most native American tribes, within these, tribes have their own meanings and symbolisms and some of them attribute specific colours to religious or sacred motifs. Green is associated with harmony and is believed to have healing powers.īlue: The colour blue symbolises confidence, wisdom and authority. Green: The colour green indicated endurance. Apart from these two connotations, yellow was also used to indicate death and intellect. It indicated the bravery of the wearer and the fact that he was willing to fight to death. Yellow: Yellow was believed to be a positive colour. White: White while widely taken as a symbol of mourning also indicated peace and purity. In the olden times, warriors were said to put black war paint on their faces to symbolise victory, they also were used to indicate the prowess of the individual wearing it. It is still taken as a colour of strength and victory. Red: The colour mainly symbolised violence, war, blood, wounds, strength, energy, power and success in war paint but as face paint, it symbolised happiness and beauty.īlack: Black was perceived as an aggressive colour and was used to symbolise the on-going preparation for war. Using the symbols or designs without knowing its significance is frowned upon by the natives. This includes symbols, colours and designs. There is also a difference in the symbolism based on the physical areas on the body, like for example a design on the face would hold a different meaning as opposed to the same design on another part of the body. But one aspect of their remarkable culture, which has been taken note of specifically, is the broad use of colours and the symbolism attached to different hues by its people. Ever since its inception, the people who come under the umbrella of Native American tribes have fiercely and successfully guarded their secrets from the world outside. The Native American culture is one that is steeped in history and tradition.
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