FN 2-18 Intro Maid of the mist story English


This unique stone amphitheatre is an outdoor classroom for Niagara College.




Find a place to sit - grab a comfy rock – and listen to a traditional Haudesnaunee story about how a giant snake battles with Thunder Being to form the magnificent waterfalls at Niagara, a mere ten kilometres to the south west of here.


Contemporary digital rendition of Lelawa, the Maid of the Mist, by Daniel Eskridge. (c) Daniel Eskidge - daniel-eskridge.pixels.com


This original recording is read by members of the Cayuga Nation, adapted from traditional oral legends that once were told by the Haudnausaunee people.



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