Symbols of Of Our Heritage

Perdido Bay Tribe was founded by Chief Bobby Johns Bearheart for the purpose of honoring, learning, and teaching about our Southeastern Muscogee Creek heritage through art and education.  This original logo of PBT represents our commitment to the Beloved Path we take - to honor and share the story of the Southeastern Muscogee Creek People.

The BEAR, NOKOSE, is our Clan totem

The CORN is new food for preservation of the People

 The PIPE is presented in prayer and offered in peace

 The HAND is extended to all people -

Placed on the back of the hand, the eye of the MASTER OF BREATH

Will never be closed – even if the hand is clinched in anger

 The state of FLORIDA locates the source of our love for others

 All things are connected as is this CIRCLE fed by the

FOUR CARDINAL DIRECTIONS

 The MOUND honors the Ancestors where they danced and now rest

 The ANIMAL TOTEMS represent life, old clans and our brothers in this world

 The FIRE is a symbol of CREATOR’S CHILDREN as we are really of one fire

 FOUR LOGS represent the four directions and other important elements of life

    The four seasons of the year, four stages of life, four times of day and many more

 The DANCERS show the family connection as they dance together in prayer and joy –

  To honor and give blessings to GRANDFATHER

The SUN and MOON give us direction and warmth,

GROWTH for our food and for the BEAUTY OF OUR SOULS.

                   Micco Bobby Johns Bearheart, 1994 ©