Ojo Caliente Restoration Society (OCRS) Chiende Band of New Mexico Mugs

Ojo Caliente Restoration Society (OCRS) Chiende Band of New Mexico Mugs

Tribal Seal

This design is credited to Knifewing Segura and the late A. Paul Ortega, 1st Spiritual and Cultural Advisor of the Band. He was former President of Mescalero Apache Tribe and the Head Diiyín medicine man). The medicine circle depicts the daily cycle of the sun’s colors. The east is Yellow for the sun rise T’adindín (pollen) Łitsu (yellow in Apache). To the south is white (Łiga) when the sun is white at mid of day. To the west is red (Łitu) color of the sunset. To the north is black (Łizhį or Diłhił) for night and end of the day. The lightning bolt in the middle of seal symbol of the lightning people for the Chiende (Red paint people) were also known. The inner circle is the Apache basket design.

OCRS Flag:

This design was created by Sgt. Major Juan Rogelio, (USMC-Retired), our cultural advisor. The flag represents the Chiricahua (Chiende Band) colors. The seal in the middle is the Warm Springs or Ojo Caliente. The East is black and represents the Black mountain range (Dził Diłhił) the homeland of the Chiende (Red Paint People) Warms Springs Band of Chiricahua. The South is blue for the Blue Mountain People (Dził Dklishende) or homeland of Ndé Ndaí Band of Chiricahua in Mexico. West is yellow for pollen and the sunrise people (Ha’ishu Na gukande) (Chuukonende) the Chiricahua proper homeland. The north is white for the (bedoncus nde). These colors and feather represent the four bands of Chiricahua Apache. Lightning bolts on each side represent power and energy. The green color outer circle represents the Chiricahua unity color. The yellow is the color of pollen and the state of New Mexico. The red color lettering for the Band is for the Red paint People.