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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.
-Iroquois tradition
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Honor the Children of Earth & Sky
In Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) tradition, we honor all of the elements of life that the Creator has given us: the children of the Earth and Sky with wings and roots and feet, the Waters, the Earth, the Sun, the Moon, and the Stars. It is our responsibility, as the People, to care for all that Creation has provided.
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The Three Sisters
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. Protective spirits, the …
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Homelands
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.