Your place for authentic Native American made jewelry, arts, and crafts.
About Turtle Island Trading
Building Economic Opportunity for Indigenous Peoples
We are a small, indigenous owned retail store where you can find quality, handmade jewelry, arts and crafts.
-To create economic opportunities for Indigenous peoples.
-To raise awareness of the Mvskogee Creek people, the Original stewards of the land we live on in so callled Atlanta, Georiga.
Why are we Named Turtle Island Trading?
We chose this name to Honor the Land upon which we all reside. Many of the First Peoples around the Great Lakes Woodlands have an oral story of how the Land was created on the back of a Turtle.
The Story of Turtle Island
Once, there was a great flood that wiped out most of the living Beings. Only a few Winged and Swimming Beings remained.
They were looking for a piece of land because it was very tiring to be on the move. They decided that one of them would dive to the bottom and bring some land back up.
They each tried, failing. Last, little Muskrat tried. He was gone a long time. Finally, he floated to the top, dead, but with a bit of mud in his paw. When the Turtle saw this, Turtle said “If the Muskrat can give his life, I can give my shell.” The Turtle placed the land on the back of his shell, and the land grew into what we now call Turtle Island.
Adapted from: The-Creation-Story-Turtle-Island.pdf (ltbbodawa-nsn.gov)
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