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Dawn Dark Mountain Card - Sky Woman
Sky Woman
Back: (An Iroquois Creation Story)
It is said that long ago there lived among the clouds another people, called sky people. Among them grew a sacred tree which gave off a beautiful light. Sky Woman, who was with child, fell through a hole in the roots of the sacred tree. As she fell she tried to find something to hold on to, but what came away in her hands were the sacred plants of strawberry and tobacco and a bit of the earth from the roots of the tree. She fell into our world where there was only darkness with water below. The water birds saw Sky Woman fall and caught her so she would not fall into the water. Then Great Turtle offered his back as a place for Sky Woman. One by one the sea animals swam down below the water in search of the sacred earth that fell with Sky Woman. It was Muskrat who was able to bring up some of the earth and spread it on Turtle's back. As Sky Woman sang, the Turtle's back grew and grew until it became the Earth as we know it, Turtle Island. And Little Turtle climbed into the sky and gathered the lightning into a ball which became the Sun and a smaller ball which became the Moon and so there was light in the world.
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The Three Sisters
Back: Among the Iroquois, it is believed that when the First Mother died, from her body grew the sacred plants: corn, beans and squash. They were planted together in small hills; the beans would twine around the corn stalks as they grew and the squash leaves would shade the earth and keep it moist and free of weeds. The crops were blessed by protective spirits, the Sacred Sisters, sometimes glimpsed as they rustled among the corn or shook the stems of the squash or pumpkin. The families of the Iroquois were protected by their clan spirits, among them Wolf, Bear, Turtle, Hawk, Heron, Snipe, Eel, Deer, and Beaver. All were nourished and sustained by the Three Sisters.
"the natural life teaches us to live in harmony with one another"
—traditional teachings of the Iroquois
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Evergreen
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It was the slender trees with the needle-thin leaves that remembered their promise to the Creator and kept watch over all the living things through the long winters while the other trees slept. So they were promised that while the other trees lost their leaves every autumn, they would be honored and allowed to keep their green color, the color of life, through all the year.

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Homelands
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Eagle is our messenger to the Creator and
Symbol of the Great Peace of the Iroquois Nation.
We honor him, he who flies the highest.
Eagle remembers and always longs for the Homelands,
Half-remembered, waiting in the past.

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Song of the Oak Note Card
Song of the Oak
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Back:

The moon waxes and wanes
as the acorn grows into the oak
as leaves bud, grow and fall again
and the dance of life continues…

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Dance of the Turtles
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It is said that it was a little Turtle who climbed into the sky and gathered the
lightning into a great ball, which became the sun, and a smaller ball
which became the moon, and so there was a light in the world.
—Iroquois tradition

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Beneath the Evergrowing Tree
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The White Pine, symbol of the Great Peace between the Iroquois Nations, once dominated the Eastern Woodlands. Among its names are: the Tree of Peace, the Celestial Tree and the Evergrowing Tree. It was thought to stand at the center of the world bearing the sun and the moon aloft in its branches. Its great white roots were believed to penetrate down to the Great Turtle upon whose back the Earth  rests.

Sing a song of peace
to all the children of the earth
beneath the Great White Pine

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Woodland Spirits
Inside:
Woodland Spirits,
children of the Earth and Sky
sing of Peace
beneath the Great White Pine

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PEACE
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We Give Thanks

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Back:
From the East we give thanks
to our Mother, the Earth
and to the People, and those yet to be born, and to the spirit of waters,
who make it possible for all things to live.
We give thanks to the fish, they sustain us, and to the plants, they feed us and make us well, and to the trees,
who give us shelter, shade and fruits,
and to the animal creatures,
who give us companionship and sustenance.
We give thanks to the birds, they sing sweet songs,and carry our messages to the Creator.
From the North we give greetings & thanks to the Four Winds, they refresh the air,& to the Grandfather Thunderers,
they bring the falling rains, and to our Elder Brother Sun, every sunrise is a miracle of his light and warmth.
To the West, we give greetings and thanks to Grandmother Moon,
and to the South, we give thanks to the Stars, their sparkle guides us home.
To the East, we honor the four Sky Dwellers, we thank all those who teach and guide us.
We give greetings and thanks to the Creator and for all that has been given us.
Now our minds are as one.
-From a traditional Iroquois thanksgiving prayer

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Sandhill Crane Dance
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Back:
sandhill cranes
birds of the clouds
dance to earth
to share our life
and give blessings
to the waters and the wind.
-Dawn Dark Mountain
Native American tradition says
that Sandhill Cranes
once lived among the clouds.

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