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Anonymousecoview

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2. Yes and...
Sat Apr 13, 2013, 08:31 PM
Apr 2013

It is true that many if not most First Nations associate their continent with Turtle Island. Others consider South American as another, the World itself as another, or a mythical island only understood in dreams or vision quest. The Ojibwa spent their original migration looking for a turtle shaped island around the bodies of water across their territory. Others consider local land forms, such as Turtle Mountain (the Frank Slide, Alberta) of the Blackfoot. It is a very common mythical and actual location among Indigenous people and mythology. Easter Island is also considered, confirmed by an Ojibwa Grandfather and the early ancestors of Easter Island who named their island, Te Pito te Henua (The End of the Earth or the Naval of the Turtle)

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The Ojibwa 7th Fire Prophecy fulfilled [View all] Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 OP
"Turtle Island" is the First Nations name for the continent of North America. nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2013 #1
Yes and... Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 #2
Here it is. frogmarch Apr 2013 #3
It is part of the story Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 #4
"functional worldview" = frogmarch Apr 2013 #5
tag leftyohiolib Apr 2013 #6
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