TURTLE ISLAND STORY
Generations ago, legend tells us, that Sky Woman fell through a hole in the Sky World and tumbled downward toward the earth that was covered in water. As she fell, the birds came up to hold her and bring her gently to the earth. As she and the birds fell downward, the Great Sea Turtle rose from the seas and spread his legs outward. The animals came up from the ocean bringing mud from the ocean floor, placing it on the Great Sea Turtle.

By the time Sky Woman landed on the Great Turtle's back, an island had formed...Turtle Island.

From that island came North America and the world of the First Peoples of this land. Turtle Island News brings you the stories of these the people every week.
An international, award winning aboriginal weekly newspaper, Turtle Island News brings you news, features and events from aboriginal communities across the country.

The only NATIONAL native weekly newspaper in the country, we have been awarded the Native American Journalists' Association (NAJA) "Best Weekly Newspaper in North America" award.

Our editor, Lynda Powless, who has received many awards in mainstream journalism working for some of the largest newspapers and broadcasting companies in Canada, was honoured in 1997 to be the recipient of NAJA's Wassaja Award, for service to native journalism, the most prestigious award available in native journalism.

She is also the publisher of Turtle Island News. She says she decided to launch the weekly newspaper almost five years ago after recognizing a need in aboriginal communities for people to be informed of what was going on in their communities.

Since Turtle Island News has been launched she has broken new ground in native journalism, calling on aboriginal politicians to be accountable for their actions while telling the stories of our elders, artists, our prophecies as they unfold in the 1990s and stories of aboriginal athletes, volunteers and newsmakers.

Turtle Island News is wholly aboriginal owned and located at the Grand River Territory of the Six Nations, one of the most progressive aboriginal communities in Canada and home to the Hodenosaunne/Iroquoian peoples.

Six Nations is the only community where you will find all Six Nations of the Six Nations peoples. It is home to the Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga, Onondaga, Seneca and Tuscarora.

It is the home of the Six Nations Hodenosaunne/Iroquois Confederacy and the customs and language of its people.