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Thirteen Moons
The Iroquois (traditionally Haudenosaunee) people see the cycle of life in all of our ceremonies and thanksgivings. Turtle’s shell is our calendar with its pattern of 13 large plates representing the thirteen moons in each year & 28 smaller plates showing the 28 days from one new moon to the next. We say that the Moon is our Grandmother and …
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Beneath the Evergrowing Tree
The White Pine, symbol of the Great Peace between the Iroquois Nations, once dominated the Eastern Woodlands. Among its names are the World Tree, the Great Earth Tree, 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. …
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Dreams of Turtle Island
Iroquois tradition tells us that it was Great Turtle who offered his back as a place for Sky Woman, the first mother. The Sleeping Sun looks down upon the rising moon and the children of the Earth gather to give thanks and dream of Turtle Island.
“We thank you for the Sun and Moon and Stars,
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We Give Thanks
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 …