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| turtle creation story: Turtle Island Eldon Yellowhorn, Kathy Lowinger, 2017-12-12 Unlike most books that chronicle the history of Native peoples beginning with the arrival of Europeans in 1492, this book goes back to the Ice Age to give young readers a glimpse of what life was like pre-contact. The title, Turtle Island, refers to a Native myth that explains how North and Central America were formed on the back of a turtle. Based on archeological finds and scientific research, we now have a clearer picture of how the Indigenous people lived. Using that knowledge, the authors take the reader back as far as 14,000 years ago to imagine moments in time. A wide variety of topics are featured, from the animals that came and disappeared over time, to what people ate, how they expressed themselves through art, and how they adapted to their surroundings. The importance of story-telling among the Native peoples is always present to shed light on how they explained their world. The end of the book takes us to modern times when the story of the Native peoples is both tragic and hopeful. |
| turtle creation story: The Land of the Great Turtles Brad Wagnon, 2021-08-10 The Creator gave the Cherokee people a beautiful island with everything they could ever need. It came with only one rule: They must take care of the land and the animals living there. But what happens when the children decide to play with the turtles instead of tending to their responsibilities? The Land of the Great Turtles is a Cherokee origin story that introduces the reader to Cherokee beliefs and values. Written in both Cherokee and English, the book will familiarize readers with the Cherokee syllabary and language. |
| turtle creation story: Old Turtle Douglas Wood, 2017-03-28 Experience the wisdom of Old Turtle, the bestselling fable that explores society, the environment, and the spirituality they share. Who is God?Is He a wind that is never still?Is He a rock that never moves?Is He high above or here among us?Venerable Old Turtle answers quietly: God is all of these things.Old Turtle first burst upon the publishing scene in 1992, and it was instantly recognized as a classic fable about ecology, peace, and the interconnectedness of all beings. Simple yet profound, it has since brought hope and inspiration to children and adults around the world. |
| turtle creation story: The Oneida Creation Story Demus Elm, Harvey Antone, 2000-01-01 Includes two versions of the Oneida creation story in the Oneida language with parallel English translation, Oneida to English lexicons, and two early versions of the creation story in English. |
| turtle creation story: The Legend of Mackinac Island Kathy-jo Wargin, 2013-09-01 A beautiful tale of the painted turtle Makinauk, his animal friends, and their discovery of new lands and long-lasting friendship. |
| turtle creation story: On the Back of a Turtle Lloyd E. Divine, Jr., 2019 The history of the Huron-Wyandot people and how one of the smallest tribes, birthed amid the Iroquois Wars, rose to become one of the most influential tribes of North America. |
| turtle creation story: Sky Woman Falling Kirk Mitchell, 2004-11-02 She’s an FBI Special Agent and Modoc Indian. He’s a Bureau of Indian Affairs Investigator and Comanche. Together, Anna Turnipseed and Emmett Parker have proven to be “a memorable literary pair” (Publishers Weekly). Now, they’re called upon to tackle a case thousands of miles from their home-sweet-home on the range... On the New York reservation of the Oneida, the team finds the broken body of Brenda Two Kettles, a community elder, in a cornfield. From what Turnipseed and Parker can see, she wasn’t attacked. Instead, it seems Ms. Two Kettles—much like the woman in the Oneida creation myth—simply fell out of sky. But it’s a land dispute that has claimed Ms. Two Kettles’ life—one that threatens to ground Turnipseed and Parker in facts far stranger than fiction... |
| turtle creation story: David Cusick's Sketches of Ancient History of the Six Nations David Cusick, 1848 |
| turtle creation story: Ojibway Heritage Basil Johnston, 2011-01-28 Rarely accessible beyond the limits of its people, Ojibway mythology is as rich in meaning and mystery, as broad, as deep, and as innately appealing as the mythologies of Greece, Rome, Egypt, and other civilizations. In Ojibway Heritage, Basil Johnston sets forth the broad spectrum of his people’s life, legends, and beliefs. Stories to be read, enjoyed, dwelt on, and freely interpreted, their authorship is perhaps most properly attributed to the tribal storytellers who have carried on the oral tradition which Basil Johnston records and preserves in this book. |
| turtle creation story: The Turtle and the Island , 1990 A creation myth from Papua New Guinea, with stunning naive-style paintings. |
| turtle creation story: The TurtlE Always Wins Bo Sanchez, |
| turtle creation story: The Truth about Stories Thomas King, 2003 Winner of the 2003 Trillium Book Award Stories are wondrous things, award-winning author and scholar Thomas King declares in his 2003 CBC Massey Lectures. And they are dangerous. Beginning with a traditional Native oral story, King weaves his way through literature and history, religion and politics, popular culture and social protest, gracefully elucidating North America's relationship with its Native peoples. Native culture has deep ties to storytelling, and yet no other North American culture has been the subject of more erroneous stories. The Indian of fact, as King says, bears little resemblance to the literary Indian, the dying Indian, the construct so powerfully and often destructively projected by White North America. With keen perception and wit, King illustrates that stories are the key to, and only hope for, human understanding. He compels us to listen well. |
| turtle creation story: Seven Sacred Teachings David Bouchard, 2016-12-31 The Seven Sacred Teachings is a message of traditional values and hope for the future. The Teachings are universal to most First Nation peoples. These Teachings are aboriginal communities from coast to coast. They are a link that ties First Nation, Inuit and Métis communities together. |
| turtle creation story: Skywoman Joanne Shenandoah, Douglas M. George-Kanentiio, Ka-Hon-Hes, 1998 Presents illustrated retellings of nine ancient stories of the Iroquois peoples. |
| turtle creation story: Gadi Mirrabooka Pauline E. McLeod, Francis Firebrace Jones, June E. Barker, 2001-11-15 Take a journey into the fascinating world of Australia's Aboriginal culture with this unique collection of 33 authentic, unaltered stories brought to you by three Aboriginal storyteller custodians! Unlike other compilations of tales that were modified and published without permission from the Aboriginal people, these stories are now presented with approval from Aboriginal elders in an effort to help foster a better understanding of the history and culture of the Aboriginal people. Gadi Mirrabooka, which means below the Southern Cross, introduces wonderful tales from the Dreamtime, the mystical period of Aboriginal beginning. Through these stories you can learn about customs and values, animal psychology, hunting and gathering skills, cultural norms, moral behavior, the spiritual belief system, survival skills, and food resources. A distinctive and absolutely compelling story collection, this book is an immensely valuable treasure for educators, parents, children, and adult readers. Grades K-A |
| turtle creation story: All Creation Waits: The Advent Mystery of New Beginnings Gayle Boss, 2016-10-01 Open a window each day of Advent onto the natural world. |
| turtle creation story: Turtle Island Jane Louise Curry, 1999 A collection of twenty tales from the different tribes that are part of the Algonquian peoples who lived from the Middle Atlantic States up through eastern Canada. |
| turtle creation story: The Popol Vuh Lewis Spence, 1908 |
| turtle creation story: Iroquois Creation Story John Mohawk, 2005 |
| turtle creation story: How the Turtle Got Its Shell Justine Fontes, Ron Fontes, 2000-12-01 Delightful retellings of turtle tales from around the world, plus fun facts about turtles, are sure to please all turtle fans. |
| turtle creation story: In the Beginning Virginia Hamilton, 1988 An illustrated collection of twenty-five myths from various parts of the world explaining the creation of the world. |
| turtle creation story: Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories Dr. Seuss, 2013-10-22 Dr. Seuss presents three modern fables in the rhyming favorite Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories. The collection features tales about greed (“Yertle the Turtle”), vanity (“Gertrude McFuzz”), and pride (“The Big Brag”). In no other book does a small burp have such political importance! Yet again, Dr. Seuss proves that he and classic picture books go hand in hand. |
| turtle creation story: Four Corners of the Sky Steve Zeitlin, 2000-10-15 A collection of folk stories from around the world, each accompanied by background information, that explain the various perspectives of different peoples on how the universe and their world came to be. |
| turtle creation story: The Golden Flower Nina Jaffe, 2005-05-31 Presents the creation myth of Boriquâen, or present-day Puerto Rico, an island inhabited by Taino Indians before the conquests of Christopher Columbus. |
| turtle creation story: Creation Myths of the World David A. Leeming, 2009-12-18 The most comprehensive resource available on creation myths from around the world—their narratives, themes, motifs, similarities, and differences—and what they reveal about their cultures of origin. ABC-CLIO's breakthrough reference work on creation beliefs from around the world returns in a richly updated and expanded new edition. From the Garden of Eden, to the female creators of Acoma Indians, to the rival creators of the Basonge tribe in the Congo, Creation Myths of the World: An Encyclopedia, Second Edition examines how different cultures explain the origins of their existence. Expanded into two volumes, the new edition of Creation Myths of the World begins with introductory essays on the five basic types of creation stories, analyzing their nature and significance. Following are over 200 creation myths, each introduced with a brief discussion of its culture of origin. At the core of the new edition is its enhanced focus on creation mythology as a global human phenomenon, with greatly expanded coverage of recurring motifs, comparative themes, the influence of geography, the social impact of myths, and more. |
| turtle creation story: The Wisdom of Creation Barbara Ellen Bowe, 2004 Description: There has been a growing awareness of the plight of the earth at the hands of human beings over the past several decades. An important theological contribution to this discussion over the past two decades has been the work of Dianne Bergant. She brings first of all a deep concern for the earth and its creatures. As a professor of Hebrew Bible, she also brings the contribution of the Wisdom literature of the Jewish tradition. It is at the intersection of these two resources-concern for the earth and the Wisdom literature-that much of her work has been done. The Wisdom of Creation, written to honor her, takes up the themes of creation and Wisdom from a variety of perspectives, both biblical and theological, to think along with Bergant about the challenge of caring for the earth and for those who dwell upon it. The work of a theology that will contribute to the care of and the future of the earth is still in many ways in its early stages. Dianne Bergant's own work on themes of wisdom, creation, prayer, and preaching has made a significant contribution to that theology. It is hoped that these essays will continue that important task of making a better world in which the next generation will grow and mature. Essays and contributors are The Creatures Know! by Walter Brueggemann; Redeeming 'Gospel Feminism' From Anti-Judaism, by Mary C. Boys, S.N.J.M.; The Divine 'I Am': Wisdom Motifs in the Gospel of John, by Barbara E. Bowe; Creation as a Divine-Human Collaboration, by Herman E. Schaalman; Creation, Revelation and Redemption: Recovering the Biblical Tradition as a Conversation Partner to Ecology, by Carol J. Dempsey, O.P.; Three Who Loved Wisdom, by Agnes Cunningham,S.S.C.M.; 'Charged with the Grandeur of God': The Created World as a Path to Prayer, by Anthony J. Gittins, C.S.Sp.; The 'Myth of the Garden' and Spiritual Ministry in Postmodern America, by Mary Frohlich, R.S.C.J.; Nature's Parables and the Preaching of the Gospel, by Mary Catherine Hilkert, O.P.; and Preaching Morality without Moralizing, by Andrew L. Nelson. |
| turtle creation story: Turtle Island Kevin Sherry, 2014-05-01 From the award-winning creator of I'M THE BIGGEST THING IN THE OCEAN comes an inspiring tale of friendship and belonging that's perfect for fans of THE SNAIL AND THE WHALE, OWEN AND MZEE, and Oliver Jeffers's LOST AND FOUND. Turtle is big. But the ocean is bigger. And Turtle is all alone. Until four shipwrecked folks--a bear, an owl, a frog, and a cat--climb to safety on his shell. Before long, they're fast friends, and the sea doesn't seem so vast anymore. But when Frog confides that he misses his family, Turtle doesn't understand. Isn't he their family? And when the group decides to sail for home, will Turtle be left behind? Never fear--a surprise on the horizon promises friends, family, and a home at last. Uplifting and heartfelt, this is a book about the power of friendship and making a home of one's own. |
| turtle creation story: The Turtle Ship Helena Ku Rhee, 2018 An adaptation of the legend of Sunsin Yi, a young boy in sixteenth-century Korea, who, inspired by his pet turtle, designs one of the greatest battleships in history and fulfills his dream of sailing the world. |
| turtle creation story: Black Elk Speaks John G. Neihardt, 2014-03-01 Black Elk Speaks, the story of the Oglala Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863–1950) and his people during momentous twilight years of the nineteenth century, offers readers much more than a precious glimpse of a vanished time. Black Elk’s searing visions of the unity of humanity and Earth, conveyed by John G. Neihardt, have made this book a classic that crosses multiple genres. Whether appreciated as the poignant tale of a Lakota life, as a history of a Native nation, or as an enduring spiritual testament, Black Elk Speaks is unforgettable. Black Elk met the distinguished poet, writer, and critic John G. Neihardt in 1930 on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and asked Neihardt to share his story with the world. Neihardt understood and conveyed Black Elk’s experiences in this powerful and inspirational message for all humankind. This complete edition features a new introduction by historian Philip J. Deloria and annotations of Black Elk’s story by renowned Lakota scholar Raymond J. DeMallie. Three essays by John G. Neihardt provide background on this landmark work along with pieces by Vine Deloria Jr., Raymond J. DeMallie, Alexis Petri, and Lori Utecht. Maps, original illustrations by Standing Bear, and a set of appendixes rounds out the edition. |
| turtle creation story: Seneca Indian Myths Jeremiah Curtin, 2001-01-01 Presents approximately eighty myths of the Seneca Native Americans as recorded by folklorist Jeremiah Curtin in 1883, covering such themes as animals' unique traits, the seasons and weather, tribal customs, and relations with other tribes. |
| turtle creation story: Dancing on Our Turtle's Back Leanne Simpson, 2011 By combining provocative prose with photo-essay, Time and the Suburbs explores the disappearance of cities in North America under the weight of suburban, exurban, and other forms of development that are changing the way we live and do politics. Drawing on social theory from Henri Lefebvre and Guy Debord to Antonio Negri, this book reconceptualizes the tasks facing activists and social movments. This is both a provocative essay and introduction to important social theory for anyone interested in cites and urban development. |
| turtle creation story: Terrible Things Eve Bunting, 2022-01-05 The animals in the clearing were content until the Terrible Things came, capturing all creatures with feathers. Little Rabbit wondered what was wrong with feathers, but his fellow animals silenced him. Just mind your own business, Little Rabbit. We don't want them to get mad at us. A recommended text in Holocaust education programs across the United States, this unique introduction to the Holocaust encourages young children to stand up for what they think is right, without waiting for others to join them. Ages 6 and up |
| turtle creation story: How Turtle's Back was Cracked , 1995 Turtle's shell is cracked when the wolves plot to stop his boastful ways. |
| turtle creation story: Jabutí the Tortoise Gerald McDermott, 2005-09-01 Of all the animals in the rain forest, Jabutí was the favorite. His shell was smooth and shiny, and the songs he played on his flute were sweet. But his music was a reminder, too, of the mischievous pranks Jabutí sometimes played. His song reminded Tapir of being tricked, Jaguar of being fooled, and time and again it reminded Vulture that he had no song at all. When a concert takes place in heaven, Vulture offers to fly Jabutí there . . . all the while plotting a trick of his own. Gerald McDermott makes myths new again for readers of all ages, using language as vibrant and colorful as his bold illustrations. Jabutí is an unusual tale of a trickster’s fall from grace, and of how creation can sometimes come from chaos. |
| turtle creation story: Other Council Fires Were Here Before Ours Jamie Sams, 1991-09-27 A retelling of the Seneca creation story and prophesies for the future. |
| turtle creation story: Turtle Rescue Pamela Hickman, 2005 Provides details and facts about turtles, and explains the strategies conservationists are using to prevent them from becoming extinct. |
| turtle creation story: The A to Z Book of Turtle Island, Land of the Native American Michael P. Earney, 2021-05-14 A long, long time ago, when the world was one vast ocean, the creatures of the sea agreed that there should be a place for others that did not live in the water. Turtle accepted that soil brought up from the bottom of the ocean, could be placed on her back and that would form the habitat for non-sea creatures. After many failed attempts, Muskrat managed to come back with a paw-full of soil. This was placed on Turtle's back and became home to the Native American. Some of the many tribes and nations that formed from the first people are described in this, The A to Z Book of Turtle Island. This story, in a variety of versions, is the source of the name, 'Turtle Island' for the American continent. The Wyandotte (Huron) extended version of the Turtle Island Creation legend can be found at; AAANationalArts.com |
| turtle creation story: Rolling Thunder Speaks Rolling Thunder, 1999 A Native American healer, teacher, and activist, Rolling Thunder is known to millions of people all over the world through his stories and talks, through Doug Boyd's book about him, and the Billy Jack films, which were based upon incidents in this life. This book, long overdue by those who knew Rolling Thunder and his work, is a major legacy of his extraordinary life and the summation of his teachings and in his own words. As controversial and plain-speaking as Rolling Thunder himself, it exhorts, enlightens, and teaches through anecdotes and stories, forces us to listen and to think, and carries on his primary mission: to bring Indian knowledge to non-Indian people. -- Publisher's description |
| turtle creation story: The Woman who Fell from the Sky , 1993 This powerful Iroquois creation myth is greatly enhanced by luscious watercolor illustrations. A wonderful read-aloud book. |
| turtle creation story: A Tataviam Creation Story Alan Salazar, 2021-11-30 The Tataviam are a small California tribe from northern Los Angeles County. Tataviam means people facing the sun. It is what our neighbors to the north, the Kitenemuk tribe, called us. We, the Tataviam people, believe we have lived in Tataviam territory since time immemorial. The Santa Clarita Valley is the center of Tataviam territory-it is our heart. In order for tribal cultures to survive, we must sing new songs and tell new stories. This is my original creation story. I tell it in the spirit of my Tataviam ancestors. -Alan Salazar Puchuk Yaʼiaʼc |
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