Turtle Island: The Story of North America's First People by Eldon Yellowhorn & Kathy Lowinger betty edwards Aiste Butkevičiene

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Turtle Island: The Story of North America's First People by Eldon Yellowhorn & Kathy Lowinger betty edwards Aiste ButkevičieneUnlike 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 archeological finds and scientific research, we now have a clearer picture of how the Indigenous