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After reading the Iroquois Creation Story I became rather fascinated with this ancient religion. Does any evidence of this religion still exist in America? Are their any sort of shrines to the Sea Turtle? Also, how is it that Native Americans of the NE who had never seen the sea could even know sea turtles existed, let alone accept that one could be their ultimate creator? - Adam Shlossman | After reading the Iroquois Creation Story I became rather fascinated with this ancient religion. Does any evidence of this religion still exist in America? Are their any sort of shrines to the Sea Turtle? Also, how is it that Native Americans of the NE who had never seen the sea could even know sea turtles existed, let alone accept that one could be their ultimate creator? - Adam Shlossman | ||
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| + | After reading I found it interesting how people could argure on the amount of Native Americans in North America during European Colonization. The reason for this is because the numbers ranged from 1 to 18 million. What caused this drastic dispute in numbers? Was there just not enough records?-Bryan Quintana | ||
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| + | Did most Native Americans really believe that the world was created on the back of a gigantic sea turtle.-Bryan Quintana | ||
