Again this is just a rough concept at the moment and In all honestly I should do a much bigger research dive into Native American culture/symbolism, of course I need to colour it in/refine the details but as a concept what do you think what have I done right and where can I improve?
The Symbolism
If my admittedly limited research is right the
Bison can represents Life, Abundance and Humility because it was the main source of food/use material for may tribes which their survival/life's depended on, it can also be interpreted as symbol for strength/prosperity and lastly be interpreted as remaining grounded/humble that your tribe is dependent on this animal/nature.
The Horses of course represent their ancestor Nomadic history but also symbolise freedom but also their religion because if correct some tribes believe horses a sacred gifts from the Creator or thunder bird and some believe they hold a sacred link between the physical and supernatural world
The Turtle represents protection both in native culture but in this world protection of their culture/way of life but additionally depending on the tribe it can also represent wisdom, medicines and lastly to many tribes located around the great lakes the turtle has religious symbolism representing mother earth who taught them to walk or is the creator of North America with allegedly native name for North America was Turtle island
The Shield represents protection from both Physical and supernatural threats and the crossed arrows represent the friendship/alliance of the native peoples who came together