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Zodiac Sign (Pisces)

PISCES ZODIAC SYMBOL -  Represented by two fish tied together and swimming in opposite directions. It expresses the duality of Pisces.  A person connected to this sign is a mediator between two different realities, with their biggest role of a bridge between life and death.  The twelfth and last sign of the Zodiac calendar, Pisces is synonymous with creativity, imagination and versatility.  People with this sign are born between 20th day of February and 20th day of March.

Animal Totems

ANIMAL TOTEMS - A totem is a spirit being, sacred object, or symbol of a tribe, clan, family or individual.   Different animal guides, also called spirit guides and/or power animals, come in and direct the tasks that need to complete along our journey.

Webster's Dictionary defines a totem as: "A natural object, usually an animal that serves as a distinctive, often venerated emblem or symbol.  A means of personal or spiritual identity."

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Arrowhead

ARROWHEAD -  Native American symbols are geometric portrayals of celestial bodies, natural phenomena, everyday objects and animal designs. The meaning of the Arrowhead symbol was to signify alertness.   Native Americans have long believed that wearing a hand-carved arrowhead, as a talisman around your neck, was a symbol of protection, courage and strength.  They also believed that the arrowhead protected them from illness and acted as a guard against the Evil Eye.  It would deflect any negative energy, protect them from their enemies and absorb their power.

Tribal, Muscogee (Creek) Nation Indian Territory

MUSCOGEE (CREEK) NATION I.T. TRIBE - The Muscogee (Creek) Nation is a federally recognized tribe of Muscogee people, also known as the Creek, based in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.  Calling themselves Este Mvskokvlke (pronounced [isti məskógəlgi]), they are regarded as one of the historical Five Civilized Tribes of the American Southeast.   The tribe is descended from the historic Creek Confederacy, a large, heterogeneous group of indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands.

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Tribal, Cheyenne River Sioux (Minnikojou Lakota & Sans Arc Sioux)

CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX TRIBES -  The Sioux Nation is divided into four major groups, the Tetons, Santee, Yankton, and Yanktonai.  The Cheyenne River Sioux are part of the Teton branch which comprises seven bands - the Oglala, Brulé, Hunkpapa, Miniconjou, Oohenonpa, Sans Arc or Itapzico, and Sihasapa (ENAT, 222-228).  All seven of these bands refer to themselves as Lakota, "allies".

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Tribal, Apache of Oklahoma

APACHE TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA -  The Plains Apache are a small Southern Athabaskan group who traditionally live on the Southern Plains of North America, in close association with the linguistically unrelated Kiowa nation, and today are centered in Southwestern Oklahoma.  The tribe is federally recognized as the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma.

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Tribal, Iowa of Oklahoma

IOWA OF OKLAHOMA TRIBE -  The Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma is one of two Federally recognized tribes for the Iowa people.  The other is the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska.  Traditionally Iowa's spoke the Chiwere language, part of the Souian language family.  Their own name for their tribe is Bahkhoje, meaning, "grey snow," a term inspired by the tribe's traditional winter lodges covered with snow, stained grey from hearth fires.

Tribal, Huron

HURON TRIBE - Most people usually do not realize that Huron and Wyandot (Wyandotte) are the same people.  Originally, more than a dozen of the Iroquoian-speaking tribes in southern Ontario referred to themselves collectively as Wendat meaning "villagers."   Rendered variously as: Guyandot, Guyandotte, Ouendat, Wyandot, and Wyandotte.  The French, however, called the members of a four-tribe confederacy the Huron, a derogatory name derived from their word "hure" meaning rough or ruffian.  This has persisted as their usual name in Canada.

United States Judge Advocate Generals Corps (JAG)

U. S. JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERALS CORPS (JAG) -  The Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Army is the legal arm of the United States Army.  The Corps is composed of Army officers who are also lawyers and who provide legal services to the Army at all levels of command, and also includes legal administrator warrant officers, paralegal noncommissioned officers and junior enlisted personnel, and civilian employees.  The Judge Advocate General is a lieutenant general.  All military officers are appointed by the U.S.

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United States Marine Corps 5th Marine Division

U. S. MARINE CORPS 5TH MARINE DIVISION -  The 5th Marine Division was a United States Marine Corps infantry division which was activated on November 11, 1943 (officially activated on January 21, 1944) at Camp Pendleton, California during World War II.  The 5th Division saw its first combat action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945 where it sustained the highest number of casualties of the three Marine divisions of the V Amphibious Corps (invasion force).  The 5th Division was to be part of the planned invasion of the Japan homeland before Japan surrendered.

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