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![[flag of Nowata, Oklahoma]](../images/u/us-oknow.gif)
image by Masao Okazaki, 17 April 2021
based on image located by Valentin Poposki, 1 March 2021
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The flag is red with the seal centered on a fan of feathers, and the name
above and below in white.
Valentin Poposki, 1 March 2021
Information about this flag can be found at the Nowata Museum:
https://nowatamuseum.org/page/4/:
In 1976, for the USA Bicentennial Celebration, the city held a contest for a
city flag to be designed. The entry of W.W. “Spike” Radcliff was chosen and the
design is a combination of Indian symbols and colors, described as follows with
their meanings (click on the flag for a larger view):
Printing: Indian
Ribbon
Rainbow: Prosperity
Nowata: Delaware for “Welcome”
Green: Growth
Oklahoma: Choctaw for “Home of the Red Man”
Sun: Happiness
Red: Valor
Running Water: Constant Life
White: Purity
Feathers: Our Brothers
Blue:
Loyal
Black: Foe
Masao Okazaki, 3 March 2021
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