The Iroquois believe that their origin began with Sky woman, who one day fell out of the heavens.

Seeing her falling, the white water birds quickly spread their wings to catch her. Catch her they did, but the poor birds were in a flutter. They were too fragile to hold her.

Quickly, they placed her on the back of the giant turtle. The mud on his back began to spread out and form the land.

The Sky woman began to make people, and the Iroquois nation was born.

What a beautiful way of explaining their creation story.

From Grandmother Two Bears