Who is the owner of Turtle Island?

 

Who is the owner of Turtle Island?

Indigenous people from Turtle Island are often referred to as ‘Native Americans’. Island has a long history of contact with European explorers and settlers. Europeans to arrive on the island were the French in the 16th century. 

Portuguese

Spanish

Dutch

English

French

Germans

Italians

Russians

Swedes

Norwegians

Finns

Icelanders

Irish

Scots

Danish

Norwegian

Icelandic

Swedish

Finnish

Polish

Czech

Slovak

Hungarian

Lithuanian

Croatian

Serbian

Macedonian

Bulgarian

Greek

Armenian

Assyrian

In the 17th

18th centuries

Babylonian

Many other cultures have all made their way to

Many of these cultures are very different from each other, but they all share one thing in common, they are all Native Americans.

What is Turtle Island famous for?

Some indigenous peoples use turtle island as a name for earth or north america, as well as some indigenous rights activists. Island is synonymous with the name, which is based on a common North American Indigenous creation story.

What was America called before it was America?

The united colonies were renamed the second continental congress on september 9, 1776. Since then, the United States of America has been a symbol of freedom and independence. In the early days of the American Revolution, it was common to refer to the colonies as “New England” or “North America.” “America” was also used to describe the British colonies in North America, which were called “Great Britain” in the 17th and 18th centuries.