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Traditional Story of Onondaga The Earth on Turtle's Back Long time ago, before the Earth was here, all was water. Many creatures lived in the water, swimming about. Far above the clouds, there was, however, a land where lived a... See more » Traditional Story of Onondaga The Earth on Turtle's Back Long time ago, before the Earth was here, all was water. Many creatures lived in the water, swimming about. Far above the clouds, there was, however, a land where lived a powerful chief. His wife was going to have a baby. In that Sky land was a great tree with four large roots, stretching out to each of the four sacred directions, and bearing many kinds of fruits and flowers. night the chief's wife dreamed that the great tree had been uprooted. The chief perceived that this was a dream of great power, and thus must be fulfilled. With great effort, the tree was uprooted, leaving a large hole in the sky. The chief's wife leaned to look through the hole, but lost her balance and fell. at the tree as she fell, she only managed to hold onto a handful of seeds. The water creatures below saw her falling. They realized that she was not a water creature and tried desperately to think of a way to help her. have heard," said one, "that there is earth far below the waters. Perhaps we should try to get some for her to stand upon." by one the animals tried to dive down far enough to retrieve land, but one by one they failed. Finally, brave little muskrat tried one last time. Deeper and deeper she dove until her little lungs almost burst. Suddenly she found a bit of land. Scooping it up, she frantically swam to the surface. But alas, where to put the land? Turtle said, "Put it on my back. I will hold up the Land and the Sky Woman." And so they did. Sky woman landed safely on Turtle's back and was very thankful. She cast the seeds about. Land on the Turtles back became ever so beautiful. The tiny piece of Earth on the turtle's back began to grow. It grew and grew and grew until it formed an island in the water. The island grew larger and larger, but still the turtle bore the weight of the Earth on his back. A huge island sat in the middle of the water, and today that island is known as North America. people call that land "Canada" or "America", yet others call it, in honor of the brave and faithful Turtle: "Turtle Island." See less »

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