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Ninilchik originated from the Dena’ina name Niqnalchint, meaning “place by Ninilchik river”, which itself is derived from Niqnalchintnu, meaning “lodge at a river”. The root word in this geographic name is nichił, a traditional partially subterranean lodge home. In the Dena’ina language the word is the same word used for freshly peeled birch bark, which shows the importance of the connection between the concept of home and the symbol of birch bark being a dynamic material and a home for the living tree inside. Jade is the color of the most iconic precious stone in the region and represents the tribe’s connection to the natural world. It is the color of the combination of the sky, sea, and forests and its flora, fauna, and marine life. This color’s aquatic hue also represents the tribe’s position geographically as the only Déné family culture to have oceanic territories and marine traditions. The three colors of agate, copper, and jade are all among the distinct colors in Dena’ina thought and language: agate is neither yellow nor orange, copper is neither red nor brown, and jade is neither blue nor green. Last of the colors is cloud white at the center of the flag, representing the traditional creation story of the land and its people from the cloud of creation.
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Q’anul’atnu (Fox) 2. The five directions in the Dena’ina directional system historically used by all tribes in the Outer Inlet dialect area that are based around the vantage point of Tuyan, also known as the
Ninilchik Dome: Yunch’, Yutsen, Yunit, Yuneq, and Yudut. 3. The five current seats of the tribe’s governing council. 4. The five major periods of tribal history: Prehistoric Kachemak origins, early Dena’ina, colonial eras, contemporary tribe, and the future. 5. The five architectural lines visible from looking inside the entrance to a nichił: Two along where the ground meets the first walls, two from where the top walls meets the roof, and the main pole and smoke opening at the top.
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Specifications Aspect ratio: 2:3 Shaping and construction: Squared agate pentagon centered on a vertically bisected field of copper and jade. Pentagon is 1/3 of the flag’s height and roughly 1/4 of the flag’s width. Pentagon is centrally inset with a white pentagon that is roughly 3/5 the size
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