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Six Nations didn\u2019t let Mother Earth Down! For the past 28 years Turtle Island News has been marking the community\u2019s first festival of the warm weather with its annual Earth Day Tree-Give-Away. And Six Nations didn\u2019t let us down. Instead, they came out in droves to mark the spring, celebrate the earth and plant a tree. For Turtle Island\u2008News we could not be happier and more grateful to make our home in a community that cares so much about the earth. And we do have to give credit to where its due. Our now almost three-decade old celebration began because as a newspaper we use paper. And lots of it. And with that comes the downing of trees to provide it. So, 29 years ago we decided we too had… <\/p>\n

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Six Nations didn\u2019t let Mother Earth Down! For the past 28 years Turtle Island News has been marking the community\u2019s first festival of the warm weather with its annual Earth Day Tree-Give-Away. And Six Nations didn\u2019t let us down. Instead, they came out in droves to mark the spring, celebrate the earth and plant a tree. For Turtle Island\u2008News we could not be happier and more grateful to make our home in a community that cares so much about the earth. And we do have to give credit to where its due. Our now almost three-decade old celebration began because as a newspaper we use paper. And lots of it. And with that comes the downing of trees to provide it. So, 29 years ago we decided we too had... <\/p>\n

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