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The logo for Sacred Indigenous Preservation (SIP), designed by artist and board member Elena Rios, is full of meaningful symbolism.
In the center of the design are the eyes of Muhu, the Owl, in the language of the Chumash, the people upon whose ancestral land we are living.
The two hands at the top show that SIP holds up the Hummingbird community, as symbolized by the two hummingbirds in the circle. The roots of the tree connect the generations and represent the fire and hot stones of the sweat lodge.
The logo is in a circle as indigenous spirituality works in circles: “…the Power of the World always works in circles, and everything tries to be round. In the old days when we were a strong and happy people, all our power came to us from the sacred hoop of the nation, and so long as the hoop was unbroken, the people flourished (Black Elk who dictated his life story to John G. Neihardt in 1931.)”