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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October 2026 is all about The Learned Clan
Wise people of Scotland that shaped our world
The Scottish Enlightenment
George Buchanan
The Democratic Intellect
James Buchanan – phonologist
A legacy of thinking differently
Francis Buchanan and the Zoology of Bengal
The Education Act of 1696
Druids: Aois-Dàna
James Watt: the man who gave steam its power
AND
Septs of Clan Buchanan – MacRobbs
President’s message: A year in recap
Call for nominations for CBSI officer positions
Artificial Intelligence and genealogy
CBSI ByLaw change summary
Travel with a purpose – Offer for Wardens
Scholarship reports
Our Clans new thousand-year-old tradition
It starts with books
PREVIOUS EDITIONS
April 2026 - Sport
• What are “Highland sports”?
• The origins of the modern Highland Games
• Sport and Family History: More than muscle and medals
• Women, strength & finding home – Alyssa Watkins
• The Highland Experience – Clay Buchanan
• (Mainsteam) Scottish Sports
• Operation Ghillie Brogues – Sports to Fundraise
• The Boston Marathon – It takes a village…
• Highland Games and Ancestral Ties – Jen and Jeff Rogers
AND
• Septs of Clan Buchanan – MacMaurices (and Morrisons of Clan Buchanan)
• Genealogy – A Comedy of Historical Errors
• Frederick Benjamin Gipson, author of Old Yeller
• The connection between having a Tattoo and watching a Tattoo?
• Buchanan Church Building Acquisition Appeal
• Clan Buchanan Oceania
• Lunar Eclipse Therapy Horses
• Book Review – The Remarkable Dorcas
January 2026 – MONEY
• The Fall of the Buchanan Estate
• Reckoning with the Buchanan Estate Inheritance Hoax
• Is this the Second Highland Clearances?
• US Tax Savings for those over age 70 ½
• A world before wages
• Canny Ideas - Saving Money
AND
• Septs of Clan Buchanan – The Lennies
• How we untangle the family trees
• Saving a Kirk – Milton of Buchanan
• Scottish tourism
• Clan Buchanan in Mexico
• Inspire Reading and Promote Scottish Heritage
• Clan Buchanan Oceania
• Clan Logan Canada’s Investiture in the Order of Saint George
• Book Review – A Very Fine Class of Immigrants
• The Lion Rampant – Misrepresented & Misunderstood
July 2026 - Tartan
• When (& why) tartan became “Clan” identity
• The CBSI Tartan & Scottish Attire Committee
• The absolute basics of Tartan
• The go-to fabric for Girls School Uniform
• Tartan as a Genealogical metaphor
• The Archaelogy of Tartan
• Scots club of Tulsa and the Court of the Tartans
• Disney tartans
• Weavers in our midst
• Reenacting the 1780s Cape Breton tartan: Building the loom
AND
• Septs of Clan Buchanan – MacNuyers (and Weirs)
• Editors note regarding A.I.
• Buchanan Church Heritage Trust – Church Acquisition
• First chief to set foot on Clairinsh in over 350 years
• A piper to watch out for: Robin Alderslowe
• Genealogy – Exploring Scottish history, Heritage and Roots
• The 2026 recipients of the CBSI Scottish Scholarship!
• Clan Buchanan Throwing Club Podcast
• Books, Scotia and I
• Flower of the forest – John De La Cruz
• Where do we fit beside other Clans?
• The Buchanan Charter and the The Earl’s Gallows at Catter
January 2025 – ART
• Portrait Power!
• Sir Walter Scott and Miss Buchanan of Cambusmore
• The art of cemeteries and burial headstones
• Mysticism of light and color – Peter Doig
• Watercolour Artist – Hugh Buchanan
• Rock art in Scotland
• A visual language – Pictish Art and Celtic knots
• Scottish poets and authors
AND
• Workplace giving
• CBSI Elected Officers for 2025
• Buchanan as muses
• Septs of Clan Buchanan – The Yules
• A Watson follow-up
• 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
• Drum major and a Mace
April 2025 – Drink
• Alcohol in Scotland
• What did humans drink throughout history
• Sir James Buchanan – Creator of Buchanan’s Whisky & First Baron Woolavington
• Irn-Bru
• The social significance of whisky toasts
• A whisky pilgrimage
• Whisky appreciation, distilling & Islay
• James Buchanan & Co. Royal Household
• Beer is proof that God loves us
• Mead
• LittleMill Distillery
• 2024 World Awards – the Best Single Malt Whiskies outside of Scotland
AND
• Kevin’s last report as President
• Announcing CBSI Elected Officers for 2025
• From the Lady Buchanan - Titles
• The Baroness of Strathyre
• Septs of Clan Buchanan – The MacColmans
• A Watson follow-up – Part 2 – Cammo Estate
• Updated on Genealogy and DNA GEDMatch
• Buchanans representing
• Reuniting artworks
• Flower of the Forest – Faith Wasson Buchino
July 2025 - Language
• Gàidhlig ann an Alba an-diugh
• Scottish linguistic dialects
• Canntaireachd
• Learning to speak the language of “Ancestor”
• What’s in a Name? – Loch Lomond and the Lenno
• Scottish expressions and Slang
• Words matter – Warden
• Scottish language and its comedic influence
AND
• Greetings from the Baroness of Strathyre - More than one voice
• Septs of Clan Buchanan – The McCormacks
• The CBSI Rampant Lion
• A brief history of Buchanan Castle estate
• Buchanan Castle Golf Course deal
• Interpretative panels & Clan identification signs
• The Buchanan Society at 300
• Buchanan Representing
• Wearing Your Family History – A brief history of the tartan
• Reenacting the 1780s Cape Breton tartan
October 2025 - Migration
The Fall of the Buchanan Estate
• Reckoning with the Buchanan Estate Inheritance Hoax
• Is this the Second Highland Clearances?
• US Tax Savings for those over age 70 ½
• A world before wages
• Canny Ideas - Saving Money
AND
• Septs of Clan Buchanan – The Lennies
• How we untangle the family trees
• Saving a Kirk – Milton of Buchanan
• Scottish tourism
• Clan Buchanan in Mexico
• Inspire Reading and Promote Scottish Heritage
• Clan Buchanan Oceania
• Clan Logan Canada’s Investiture in the Order of Saint George
• Book Review – A Very Fine Class of Immigrants
• The Lion Rampant – Misrepresented & Misunderstood
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
• 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
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…