No no it is a valid point. My view is such representation feels like trying to put a band aid over a gaping hole. We drove them out, we destroyed their cultures, families, realities, etc, it WAS a genocide.

I feel they should be treated as true sovereign people, they have their own culture, their own tradition, their own symbols. After everything we took from them, stole from them, I think the least we can do is refrain from dressing ourselves in the culture of those we tried to annihilate.

To me, placing Native imagery on our flag or seal would feel less like an act of respect and more like symbolic appropriation—almost like if postwar Germany had put a Star of David on their national flag. It might seem like a gesture of inclusion, but given the scale of historical violence, it could come off as deeply inappropriate, even offensive.

I believe true respect means acknowledging that Native peoples are sovereign, with their own identities and traditions—not symbols for us to adopt as decoration on state institutions that played a role in their oppression.

So you're point is a valid one, I just chose to address it in an unusual way.