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Beneath the Evergrowing Tree
The White Pine, symbol of the Great Peace between the Iroquois Nations, once dominated the Eastern Woodlands. Among its names are the World Tree, the Great Earth Tree, the Tree of Peace, the Celestial Tree and the Evergrowing Tree. It was thought to stand at the center of the world, bearing the sun and the moon aloft in its branches. …
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Sky Woman (An Iroquois Creation Song)
It is said that long ago there lived among the clouds another people, called sky people. Among them grew a sacred tree, which gave off a beautiful light. Sky Woman, who was with child, fell through a hole at the roots of the sacred tree. As she fell she tried to find something to hold on to, but what came …
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Sandhill Crane Dance
sandhill cranes
birds of the clouds
dance to earth
to share our life
and give blessings
to the waters and the wind.-Dawn Dark Mountain
Native American tradition says that Sandhill Cranes once lived among the clouds.
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Homelands
Eagle is our messenger to the Creator and
Symbol of the Great Peace of the Iroquois Nation.
We honor him, he who flies the highest
Eagle remembers and always longs
for the Homelands,
Half-remembered, waiting in the past.