Melissa Cody (Diné), “Good Luck” (2014), wool warp ... violence that the Whirling Log has survived, including that Native American religious practices were illegal under United States ...

Many cultures view the turtle as a symbol of good luck representing order ... of stones which form a metaphorical sea . In some Native American traditions, the World Turtle carries the earth ...

A new exhibit at the National Museum of the American Indian is titled simply "Americans" and shows how all aspects of life have been touched by the history and symbols of native culture.