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Haudenosaunee Turtle with Wampum Belt

Turtle Island is what many Native nations call this continent — the land carried on the back of a great turtle since the beginning. The Wampum Belt on this turtle's back represents the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, one of the oldest democracies on earth and a direct inspiration for the United States Constitution. I wanted to put both things in one image: the land, and the law that was meant to protect it.