Kanien’kehá:ka homelands · Haudenosaunee Confederacy

Kanien’kehá:ka Tradition

A Kanien’kehá:ka telling of the Haudenosaunee creation story, centered on Sky Woman, cooperation and gratitude to the living earth.

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One sacred female figure

Sky Woman, Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) / Haudenosaunee, mosaic oracle portrait

deity · Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) / Haudenosaunee

Sky Woman

She Who Fell from the Sky

In Kanien’kehá:ka tellings of the Haudenosaunee creation account, Sky Woman fell from the upper world and was caught by water birds, who set her on the back of a great turtle. From soil brought up by the muskrat she helped make the earth, dancing and planting the seeds carried in her hand.

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