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A peaceful dawn scene showing land rising from the ocean with sea animals and birds symbolizing Mi’kmaq creation tradition.

Micmac Dawn of the Land

by Elizabeth Fabowale

February 27, 2026

American Myths·Native American Creation Myths

In the beginning, before cliffs stood against the sea and before forests whispered in the wind, there was only vastness. The waters stretched endlessly, and above them drifted sky without boundary. There were no villages, no rivers carving pathways through stone, and no shores where waves could rest. The world was waiting to be shaped. Among the unseen realms moved

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A realistic painting of an American alligator resting on a muddy riverbank at dawn, surrounded by misty wetlands and tall grasses under soft golden light.

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In the vast marshes and slow-moving rivers of the southern United States, where the air hangs heavy with mist and the reeds

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