Article: From oppression, towards, liberation.

In historical terms Canada is a fairly recent political manifestation. The name, so myth tells us, is drawn from an Aboriginal language. Turtle Island is a name used by several Aboriginal nations to refer to this continent. It is also a mythic reference, drawn from the cosmology of some indigenous cultures, in the way that "the Dominion" reference to Canada is derived from the biblical myth of Genesis.

Turtle Island, and other original names, exist as a palimpsest for the myth and reality of contemporary Canada. The Oxford Canadian Dictionary tells us that a palimpsest is:

(1) a piece of writing material or manuscript on which the original writing has ...

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