Turtle Island

For other uses, see Turtle Island (disambiguation).
Satellite image of Turtle Island

Turtle Island is a name for Earth[1] or North America, used by some American Indigenous peoples, as well as by some Indigenous rights activists. The name is based on a creation myth common to several indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands of North America.[2]

A number of contemporary works continue to use and/or tell the Turtle Island creation story.[2][3]

  1. ^ Converse & Parker 1906, p. 33.
  2. ^ a b Robinson & Filice 2018.
  3. ^ Jones & Moomaw 2002.