No one appears to know or care, but the Rebel Flag is dear to many Cherokee. After all the last Confederate General to surrender was Stand Watie and his Cherokee Brigade.
Something else that history conceals is the fact that Indians were the first substantial number of slaves. Most of the first "Indian Wars" were little more than slave catching expeditions, and as late as the Tuscarora wars the indian men were sold into slavery as reparations.
What really adds insult to injury is the enslavement of southwestern indians continued after the civil war. Admittedly most were children, ain't that nice?
Oh Yeah, California, admitted to the Union as a free State in 1849 passed a law in 1850 that effectively allowed any white to enslave any indian. Pedarists descended in droves and the Kumeyaay took to tatooing their babies in hopes of recognizing them. Finally evacuating to Mexico as political refugees.
Just thought I'd mention this stuff in passing in case anyone is weakneed over reparations.