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How FLAGS Can Make MONEY For Your TRIBE

 Tribal flags are unique windows into the history, culture and art of Native peoples. For many years Donald Healy and I have worked with leaders and members of Native Americans to document their history and art, as expressed in their flags. One result was our book NATIVE AMERICAN FLAGS, published in November 2003 by Oklahoma University Press, with images and stories of 184 Native tribal flags.

 From that work also came my company’s collection of in-stock Native flags illustrated below. To encourage tribes to adopt flags, TME Co. has offered a grant program to ‘flagless’ tribes to design , produce, and sell their flags. So far the Apalachee, Chinook, Clatsop-Nehalem, Jatiboniku Taino, Munsee, Native American Indigenous Indian Community, Northern Tsalagi, Pokanoket Wampanoag, Sakaogon Chippewa, Shoshone-Bannock -- all have benefitted from this program. I hope many more will.

 The Lakota Journal, whose editor, Tim Giago, for many years supported our effort to document Native flags, suggested we encourage Tribal Leaders to use their flags to make money for their tribes. Some tribes already do – you will find direct links below to the offices of the Cherokee of Oklahoma, Chickasaw, Citizen Potawatomi, Texas Cherokee, and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee – all of whom handle their own flag sales. We encourage more tribes to do the same.

 Here are a couple of starting points:

 · Order tribal flags at wholesale or jobber prices and resell through your tribal newsletter, website, pow-wow, and special gatherings; e-bay is another outlet, one tribe is already offering their flag there;

 · Develop products promoting your flag image, such as T-shirts, caps, decals, car-window flags, magnets, watches, mugs, lapel pins, money clips, key fobs, etc.

 Some of these products are on our website. If they are not, we can guide you to reputable dealers to acquire them at jobber prices. For example, we do not make mugs or T-shirts or caps, but can work with you at no charge to locate companies who specialize in providing such items. We will also provide you at no cost with your flag image in an electronic format suitable for, say, a T-shirt maker, thus saving you up-front art charges.

 If you have questions, just call or e-mail – the information is at the top of this page.

BUY NATIVE FLAGS ~ ~ IN-STOCK
3 x 5 feet, 200-denier nylon or polyester
2 brass grommets, indoor/outdoor use 

Testimonials From Our Flag-Design Grant Program

Dances with Flags,

I received the flags and I must say on behalf of myself and the members of the Council, you honor us with the beautiful work that you've done on our flag. It came out even more beautiful than expected. We most humbly thank you our brother. I have a meeting tonight with some members, and the Council will be meeting soon.

Taino Ti & Good Spirits be with you!

Brave Wolf
Apache del Rio
Texas