Red Road Lesson 10

Turtle Island
Northern America has been called
Turtle Island by many Native tribes
for generations. The reference stems
from a belief that the continent was
placed upon the Great Turtle's back.
Drawings of North America often depict
the land as a turtle, and some use the
tortoise as a representation of their
tribes.
Indians love their friends and kin-
dred, and treat them with kindness.
-CORNPLANTER
SENECA, 1736-1836

October 15
In our language there is no word to
say inferior or superiority or equality
because we are all equal . . .
-ALANIS OBOMSAWIN,
ABENAKI

On This Date in
Native American History
October 15, 1925: The Vanishing Amer-
ican, a controversial motion picture
exploring the mismanagement and cor-
ruption of reservations and how this
affects the American Indian, premiered
in New York City. This sympathetic
view of indigenous people was not
completely well received by the
American public, and many debated
not only the condition of the American
Indian, but also what should be done
with them.


By: Terri Jean