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Writings by Gertrude Bonnin (Zitkala-Sa)

Turtle Island: The Story of North America's First People canada who offers insight into theUnlike most books that chronicle the history of Native peoples beginning with the arrival of Europeans in 1492, this book goes back to the Ice Age to give young readers a glimpse of what life was like pre contact. The title, Turtle Island, refers to a Native myth that explains how North and Central America were formed on the back of a turtle. Based on archaeological finds and scientific research, we now have a clearer picture of how the Indigenous