I remember seeing swastikas on Native (First Nation) art work.  For the Hopi Indians, the swastikas represented their wandering clans.  For the Navajo, the swastika represented "whirling logs". The symbol is used in their "healing ceremonies". The symbol was also present in the Aztec and Mayan civilzations.  (There are still many Mayan people in Southern Mexico).  Some Hindu's paint a swastika on their children's head as part of a ceremony.  The swastika symbol is present in China, Japan, Middle East, early British cultures, etc. etc. -------- The meaning of a symbol?  Some Chinese believe that the number "8" is lucky, but number "4" is unlucky - how's that for symbolism?