The Buchanan Banner has always been the quarterly Newsletter of the CBSI. But as of 2022 we reformatted it to become a Magazine, with deeper dives into Buchanan issues and Scottish Culture. We create a theme per edition (to act as a prompt to encourage our regular contributors and executives to reflect on different aspects of our diaspora). We weave history, entertainment, research, notices and imagery into a one-of-a-kind publication.

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The January 2025 edition - it’s ART

ART

  • Portrait Power!

  • Sir Walter Scott Miss Buchanan of Cambusmore

  • The art of cemeteries and burial headstones

  • Mysticism of light and color – Peter Doig

  • Watercolour Artist – Hugh Buchanan

  • Buchanans represented

  • Rock art in Scotland

  • A visual language – Pictish Art

  • A visual language – Celtic knots

  • Scottish artists, international impact – Poets and authors

AND

  • Workplace giving

  • CBSI Elected Officers for 2025 to 2027

  • Buchanan as muses

  • Septs of Clan Buchanan – The Yules

  • A Watson follow-up

  • Genealogy - Military Family, Redbook, Statistics

  • The Royal References in the Buchanan and McAusland Grants of Arms

  • Crannogs and islands in Loch Lomond - Keppinch in context

  • The Buchanan Society - 300th Anniversary

  • Peerage and nobility – Titles, titles, titles...

  • Drum majors, Buchanans, and... Scott Mace’d it

PREVIOUS EDITIONS

January 2024 –
A Dance Edition

• The Sword Dance
• Dance... the heart of Scotland
• Highland Dance – Dress rules and preferences...
• Barbie’s 70’s Highland Dance
• Balls !
• The hidden history of Highland Dance
• Country Dancing... in Texas
• UK PE and Scottish Country Dancing

AND
• Flowers of the Forest for David Byrne; The David Byrne Memorial Fund and; Byrne Award
• Septs of Clan Buchanan – The McAuslands
• How genealogy research has changed
• The Chief coming to, USA, March 2024
• New competition: Creative writing challenge
• Leaving a Legacy
• Austrian connection
• A California Makeover!

April 2024 – Celtic Funerals

• Scottish Funeral Customs
• Bean Nighe
• A Eulogy Parabel
• From the Chaplain’s Pulpit
• Burials in the Buchanan land
• Clan chiefs and chieftains
• Honouring the Departed
• Dugald Buchanan: Highland’s sacred Bard
• The Impact on Scottish Gaelic Funerals / Religious Reform

AND
• The Chiefs whirlwind tour of US
• Septs of Clan Buchanan – The McIndeors
• Migrations of a County Tyrone Buchanan Family
• Introducing the Bochanens
• Grey Friars Kirk Yard
• William Wallace Marker

July 2024 – Animals

The Chiefs Faithful friends
• Clan Buchanan Armorial Animals
• The Black Rampant Lion
• Haggis Wildlife Foundation
• Greyfriars Bobby
• Scottish Dog breeds (the Deerhound)
• Raptors
• A symbiotic relationship
• Scottish Fold
• The Critically Endangered Scottish Wildcat
• The CBSI Phoenix
• Horses and Kelpies
• The Scottish Highland Coo
• Highland Coos restoring Culloden
• The Unicorn

AND
• Septs of Clan Buchanan – The MacKinleys
• US tax information for Clan Buchanan volunteers
• Tales from the Genealogy files
• The Peel of Buchanan
• Heraldry in Chief
• Ardess Hidden History Trail
• George Buchanan Creative Writing Prize 2024

October 2024 - Wet

• Scottish healing waters and holy wells 
• Songs of the Sea
• The (Loch Ness) Monster Mash Cash
• The Legend of Rockall
• Naval Architect, Alan Buchanan
• Scotland becomes seagull central 
• Loch Lomond
• Scotland’s Water from a Scorpio
• Photos of Water in Scotland
• Vikings on Loch Lomond
• Narrow boating Scotland’s canals 

AND
• CBSI Executive council nominations
• Septs of Clan Buchanan – The Risks
• Clan Buchanan tree at Ancestry.com
• California dreaming
• The Tartan Film Festival
• Buchanan Proud
• Chiefly Pleasant..on
• Buchanan DNA project 
• Skara Brae
• The Buchanan connection to Earls of Haddington
• Flower of the forest for CBSI ex-President – Eric Bullard

January 2023 – Inauguration edition

• Visual diary of the Inauguration of the Chief
• Covering the ceremonies
• Chieftains and clansfolk reactions
• The Clan Oath
and more

AND
• When Scotland cancelled Christmas
• Elected Officers for 2023
• Announcing the CBSI AGM 2023 – San Antonio, Texas
• The Piper of the Alamo
• Hogmanay
• CBSI joins CASSOC – Canada 
• St. Giles’ Cathedral

April 2023 – the Wedding edition

• Marriage and Wedding Traditions
• Pipes, pomp ‘n’ pressure
• What is “Handfasting”?
• Tips from Scotlandshop
• Kilts at weddings
• Blackening

AND
• The Thomas Buchanan forgery
• Septs of Clan Buchanan – The Watsons
• Sept families as Clan founding
• Tartan Review
• The Darien Disaster
• 2023 CBSI Scottish Culture Scholarships
• Scots at the Alamo
• Buchanans in South Africa
• Clan Buchanan Throwing Club

July 2023 – the Food edition

• Food, an expression of love
• Scones!!! (including a recipe)
• A charitable tablet
• From Porridge to Pakora
• The Sonsie Haggis & the offal truth
• The circumstance of Sron Lainie
• Recipe - Rumbledethumps
• Recipe – Oatcakes
• Toxic chemicals in foods and the environment
• Best seafood chowder
• Food or Nosh?
• Memories of Scottish youth – Favorite Recipes
•Italian or Scots: Talkin’: Balls (including a recipes)

AND
• Lady Buchanan – Saving Cambusmore from being eaten
• Septs of Clan Buchanan – The Harpers
• The unruly Clan Act of 1587
• The forgeries – Chiefly contention followup!
• Our map – A land grab
• Memoirs of Mr. James Buchanan of South Africa

October 2023 – Warriors’ edition

• Chief’s history – Family Warriors
• Defending Scotland – Forts, Battles & Castles
• The Battle of Baugé, 1421
• Instrument of war  – Dreaded bagpipes
• Women Warriors
• The Battle of Glenshiel, 1719
• Surgeon to Lord Nelson – Dr John Buchanan
• The Battle of Glen Fruin, 1603 
• Buchanan weapons and their use
• Battle of Dunbar, 1650
• The Original Highlanders – Cosplay Competition

AND
• Introducing the new President
• Updates from the Lady Buchanan
• Septs of Clan Buchanan – The Gibsons
• The Loch Lomond Initiative
• The Chief is coming to USA, March 2024
• Castle of Drummikill
• The Pink Pied Piper

July 2022 - Future edition

New look magazine! Including
many interpretations on THE FUTURE
Divination on the Future of Banner
• The Futuristic James Watts
• Scotlands first astronaut
• Onward, Clar Innis!
• The Future of Scottishness
• How will we wear tartan in the future?
• An da shealladh – Second Sight
• Marketing Clan Buchanan into the future

AND
• Nominations for CBSI Officers
• Rampant lion evolved
• Prelude to the Inauguration
• Reflections of Merial Buchanan, pt3
• Archaelogy update
• CBSI Scholarship winner
and much more

October 2022 – Womens edition

Celebrating some of the women of Clan Buchanan
• Equality for Women in the clan
• Stories of mother, matriarchs, Queens and mentors
• Witches and wise women in history
• Margretta Buchanan Eagon – founder of CBSI
• Sexism in Highland Games
• Inchcailloch: the island of the old woman
• Isabella Stewart / Buchanan of Albany 

And
• New titles for the Cadets
• Convening at Highland games
• Genealogical tips
and heaps of Buchanans representing us…