The colors red, green, yellow, blue and black are claimed as a feature of the mark.
"MARCH 11, 1889"
The mark consists of a circle having five bands in the following order from outside to inside - black, green, black, red, and yellow. The English words "SEAL OF THE EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS" in black and two Cherokee words in black are located within the red band; the inner circle has a light blue background with the date "MARCH 11, 1889" in black across the bottom of the circle; above the date are two oak leaf branches in green outlined in black, one of which follows the left side of the blue circle and the other which follows the right side of the blue circle; centered in the blue circle is a seven pointed star having a black outer band, a yellow band, and another black band; the center of the star is yellow.
SEAL OF THE EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS CHEROKEE NATION MARCH ELEVENTH EIGHTEEN EIGHTY NINE; SEAL OF THE EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS CHEROKEE NATION MARCH ELEVENTH ONE THOUSAND EIGHT EIGHTY NINE; SEAL OF THE EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS CHEROKEE NATION MARCH ELEVENTH ONE EIGHT EIGHT NINE
The non-Latin characters in the mark transliterate to "TSALAGIHI AYELI" and this means "CHEROKEE NATION" in English.