Name for Earth or North America used by Indigenous peoples in Canada and the United States
Turtle Island is a name for Earth or North America, used by some American Indigenous peoples, as well as by some Indigenous rights activists. The name is based on a creation story common to several indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands of North America. . A number of contemporary works continue to use and/or tell the Turtle Island creation story. Lenape. The Lenape story of the "Great Turtle" was first recorded by Europeans between 1678 and 1680 by Jasper Danckaerts. The story is shared by other Northeastern Woodlands tribes, notably the Iroquois peoples.
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Turtle Island is a name for Earth or North America, used by some American Indigenous peoples, as well as by some Indigenous rights activists. The name is based on a creation story common to several indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands of North America. . A number of contemporary works continue to use and/or tell the Turtle Island creation story. Lenape. The Lenape story of the "Great Turtle" was first recorded by Europeans between 1678 and 1680 by Jasper Danckaerts. The story is shared by other Northeastern Woodlands tribes, notably the Iroquois peoples.
