HMCS Ojibwa, Royal Canadian Navy

HMCS OJIBWA, ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY

Official blazon

Azure; an escallop shell erect argent irradiated by nine ears of wild rice or, all issuing from two barrulets wavy of the last, in base. / D'azur, à la coquile Saint-Jacques dressée d'argent rayonnante per neuf èpis de riz sauvage d'or, le tout issuant de deux burèles ondées du dernier, en pointe.
Motto:Ne ke che dah

Origin/meaning

Acoring to Ojibwa legend the Tribes migration from the Atlantic Seaboard to the Lake Superior was governed by the great Megis os sea-shell. When it rose from the Water in reflected the Sun on it glossy surface and good times was ahead. But when the Megis sunk back into the Water bad times was ahead and Migration was to come. Under one of these the Oijbwa come across Wild Rice, which become Staple Food for the Tribe.

Literature: Image from Pinterest. Information from Badges of the Canadian Forces / Insignes des Forces Canadiennes