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Homelands
Eagle is our messenger to the Creator and
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Dance of the Turtles
It is said that it was little Turtle who climbed into the sky and gathered the lightning into a great ball, which became the sun, and a smaller ball that became the moon, and so there was light in the world.
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The Long Night Moon (Wahsu‧tés Wʌhní‧taleˀ)
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