BECAUSE THE SAC AND FOX TRIBE OF THE MISSISSIPPI IN IOWA HAVE A UNIQUE LEGAL AND POLITICAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED STATES, THIS IMAGE OF A MESKWAKI MAN FACING LEFT SCALP LOCK, BRAIDED, ROACH HEADDRESS WITH TWO BLACK TIPPED EAGLE FEATHERS WEARING BEAR CLAW NECKLACE WITH GREEN AND RED BACKGROUND IS THE UNIFICATION OF THESE COLOR SYMBOLIZES THE ABILITY OF THE MESKWAKI NATION TO APPRECIATE JOYS AND TRIBULATIONS OF LIFE COMBINED WITH THE CONVICTION THAT THE NATION WILL NOT ONLY SURVIVE, BUT ALSO PREVAIL; AND IS AN OFFICIAL SYMBOL OF TRIBAL GOVERNANCE SINCE 1979.