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Oneida Nation
Elementary School |
The Turtle is symbolic
of Mother Earth to the Oneida People and is the foundation for the design and
curriculum of the Oneida Tribal School. In the Oneida Creation Story the
turtle’s back along with the creatures of the water and sky helped
to create the "Great Turtle Island", our Mother Earth. The
nurturing arms of the turtle school is where the classrooms are placed consistent
with Oneida’s matrilineal culture. The initial drawing for the Turtle
School was done by a former Turtle School student, Joe Skenandore, Bear Clan. |
