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From the myth what can you conclude about the relationship between the Onandaga and their natural environment? Explain your answer.
From reading this myth one can conclude that the Onondaga people had a high respect for the nature that surrounded them. Each animal would remind the tribe of the important parts that animals played into the formation of the world. According to this legend, if the animals had not been willing to help the Sky Woman, if the muskrat had not succeeded in bringing up the earth, and if the turtle had not been willing to hold the earth and world, this earth would never have been formed.