Cultural Depictions of Turtles - Political Use

Political Use

Various Native American groups use the term "Great Turtle Island" as an alternate term for America, use of the term implying that the continent in question belongs to its indigenous inhabitants and that its conquest and settlement by Europeans was illegitimate.

A post turtle is a reference to a politician who is being manipulated or controlled.

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