| The thunderbird has been one of the most
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| | throws these lighting snakes or when he
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| dominant icons in Native American art and
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| | blinks his eyes that glow like fire.
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| legends. In fact, the concept of the
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| | Sometimes these lightning snakes are
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| thunderbird has been so popular that it
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| | depicted in Native American art as having
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| has been used in the non-Native world to
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| | wolf or dog-like heads with serpent
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| name a classic automobile, liquor, a
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| | tongues. They are occasionally referred
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| 1960's children's adventure television
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| | to as the thunderbird's dogs. Native
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| show (and subsequent recent movie), a US
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| | American art portrays the thunderbird with
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| Air Force squadron and is referenced in
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| | a huge curving beak and prominent ears or
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| pop music (remember the word 't-bird' in
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| | horns.The thunderbird is large and strong
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| 1950's rock and roll?). The thunderbird
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| | enough to hunt its favorite food which is
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| is one of the few cross-cultural
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| | the killer whale. The lightning snakes of
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| characters in Native American mythology
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| | the thunderbird are used during hunts out
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| since it is found in legends of Pacific
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| | at sea for the killer whale. After
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| Northwest, Plains, and Northeastern
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| | capture, the thunderbird carries the
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| tribes.The Native Indians of the Pacific
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| | killer whale back to the mountain to eat.
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| Northwest Coast always lived along the
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| | According to legend, the thunderbird and
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| shores and never ventured inland to the
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| | killer whale once battled so hard that
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| mountains. Legend has it that the
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| | entire trees were uprooted. This was the
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| thunderbird, a mighty God in the form of a
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| | explanation why there are treeless prairie
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| giant, supernatural bird lives in the
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| | regions near the Pacific Northwest Coast
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| mountains. The Quileute tribe of
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| | mountains. The thunderbird and killer
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| Washington state considered a cave on
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| | whale are often depicted together in
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| Mount Olympus as the home of the
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| | Northwest Native American art. A large
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| thunderbird while the Coast Salish
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| | example is at one by reknowned Northwest
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| believed it is located on the Black Tusk
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| | Native American art carver Richard Hunt at
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| peak in British Columbia. It is thought
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| | one of the Northwest Native American art
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| that the thunderbird never wants anyone to
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| | exhibits at the Vancouver International
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| come near its home. If Native hunters get
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| | Airport.The Squamish Nation in British
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| too close, the thunderbird will smell them
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| | Columbia, Canada has a thunderbird as
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| and make a thunder sound by flapping its
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| | their symbol. Their thunderbird is
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| wings. It would also roll ice out of its
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| | portrayed as one of the special messengers
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| cave and down the mountain with chunks
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| | of the Creator. The Squamish thunderbird
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| breaking up into many smaller pieces.Some
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| | is a symbol for strength as well as change
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| tribes such as the Kwakwaka'wakw believe
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| | with the three tail feathers representing
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| that their people once made a deal with
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| | the past, present and future. In the
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| the thunderbird for its help during a food
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| | talons of this thunderbird is a face of a
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| crisis and in return, the tribe agreed to
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| | lizard which represents spiritual
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| honor the thunderbird for all time by
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| | protection for the people of the Squamish
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| making its image prominent in their
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| | Nation.For many people, Natives and
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| Northwest Native American art. This is
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| | non-Natives alike, the thunderbird has
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| why West Coast art totem poles are often
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| | become a symbol of power, strength and
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| carved with thunderbirds with outstretched
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| | nobility. Even the classic automobile of
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| wings at the top.The wingspan of the
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| | the same name was reintroduced as a
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| thunderbird was described to be twice as
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| | contemporary version.Clint Leung is owner
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| long as a Native Indian war canoe.
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| | of Free Spirit Gallery an online gallery
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| Underneath its wings are lightning snakes
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| | specializing in Inuit Eskimo and Northwest
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| which the thunderbird uses as weapons.
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| | Native American art including carvings,
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| Lightning is created when the thunderbird
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| | sculpture and prints.
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