Flags of the Indigenous nations of Canada information
The following are flags used by Indigenous nations of Canada.
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Flag
Date
Use
Description
Unknown–present
Flag of the Anishinaabek
A black pictographic thunderbird on a white field
Unknown–present
Simplified flag of the Atikamekw
Unknown–present
Flag of the Haida Nation
A red field with an eagle and raven headed bird, surrounded by a circlet, charged in the centre
Unknown–present
Flag of the Innu Nation
Horizontal bands of teal, white and light blue, within the blue sits a centre snowshoe flanked by reindeer skulls on both sides
Unknown–present
Flag of the Secwepemc Nation
Flag features 17 feathers representing the 17 bands in the Secwépemc Nation. The feathers are mostly black, with a white portion in the middle. The white portion signifies those communities which were wiped out by disease and other trauma following contact
2019–present
Flag of the Musqueam people
A white Canadian pale on a teal field, with an arrowhead in the centre depicting a salmon leaping above a net
Unknown–present
Flag of the Mi'kmaq Nation Grand Council
A white field with a red Latin cross and a red star and moon in the left quadrants; white denotes purity of creation, the red cross represents mankind and infinity, the sun and moon the forces of day and night,[1] the flag is meant to be displayed hanging vertically as shown here[2]
1980s–present
Flag of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy
A mauve field party per fess by a band of white squares joined and a stylized white "Tree of Peace" charged in the centre; design is adapted from the Hiawatha wampum belt, each element represents an original nation in the confederacy
–present
Flag of the Gwichʼin
Unknown–present
Flag of the Matimekush Band
A vertical tricolour triband of chartreuse, white, green with the coat of arms of the Matimekush Lac John Band charged in the Canadian pale
Mid-1980s–present
Flag of the Natuaqanek Band
A red field with yellow left and right borders, a quartered roundel charged in the centre[1]
Unknown–present
Flag of Ĩyãħé Nakón Mąkóce (Stoney Nakoda)
Stoney Nakoda flag
2005–present
Flag of the Ktunaxa Nation
Flag features a golden feathered staff on a brown field
1980–present
Flag of the Nlaka'pamux Nation
Circle wreath of Nlaka'pamux pictographs set on a grey field
2010–present
Flag of the Ojibwe
A blue and a brown block, with a symbol.
2012–present
Flag of Deisleen Ḵwáan, Lingít Aaní
Horizontally striped, red-white-red, 1–3–1, with five totems or emblems in the centre, from left to right: Kùkhhittàn (Raven Children), Ishklitàn (Frog), Yanyèdi (Wolf), Sèshitàn (Beaver), Dakhlʼawèdi (Eagle)
Unknown–present
Flag of the Tahltan Nation
Flag of Tahltan Kolīne representing the two clans: Crow (or Tseskʼiya) and Wolf (or Chʼioyone)
2001–present
Flag of the Nisg̱aʼa Nation
A vertical tricolour triband of black, white, and sanguine with the badge of the Nisga'a Nation,[3] surrounded by black and sanguine ovals, charged in the Canadian pale[4]
Unknown–present
Flag of the Nuxalk Nation
Unknown–present
Flag of the Tłı̨chǫ
A dark blue flag with thin centered horizontal white wavy stripe overlapping the bottom of a yellow sun disc with background-color fimbriation showing where these meet and four red teepees with white fimbriation and poles set in a row on the bottom half; yellow upright five-pointed star on the upper fly.
Unknown–present
Flag of the Haisla people
Unknown–present
Flag of the Stʼatʼimc
Pre-1816–present
Flag of the Métis Nation of Canada
A blue field with a white symbol of infinity charged in the centre
Pre-1816–present
Flag of the Métis Nation (Red Variant)
A red field with a white symbol of infinity charged in the centre
2014–present
Flag of the Shíshálh
A white background with a bird charged in the middle.
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^"Flags of the World". Archived from the original on 2017-07-04. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
^Canadian Heraldic Authority. "The Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges of Canada > Nisga'a Nation". Queen's Printer for Canada. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
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