Editing Painted turtle (section)

===Culture===

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| quote = "Whereas, the Painted Turtle is a hard worker and can withstand cold temperatures like the citizens of Vermont, and Whereas, the colors of the Painted Turtle represent the beauty of our state in autumn ... the General Assembly hereby recognizes the Painted Turtle as the official state reptile ..."
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[[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] tribes were familiar with the painted turtle—young braves were trained to recognize its splashing into water as an alarm—and incorporated it in folklore.<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Macfarlan | first1 = Allan | last2 = Macfarlan | first2 = Paulette | title = Handbook of American Indian games | publisher = Dover Publications | isbn = 978-0-486-24837-0 | date = 1985-03-01 | page = [https://archive.org/details/handbookofameric00macf/page/62 62] | url = https://archive.org/details/handbookofameric00macf/page/62 }}</ref> A [[Potawatomi]] myth describes how the talking turtles, "Painted Turtle" and allies "Snapping Turtle" and "[[box turtle|Box Turtle]]", outwit the village women. Painted Turtle is the star of the legend and uses his distinctive markings to trick a woman into holding him so he can bite her.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mpm.edu/wirp/ICW-137.html | title = Potawatomi oral tradition | access-date = 2010-12-17 | publisher = Milwaukee Public Museum | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100610005129/http://www.mpm.edu/wirp/ICW-137.html | archive-date = 2010-06-10 }} Adapted from {{cite book | last = Skinner | first = Alanson | title = The Mascoutens or Prairie Potawatomi Indians, Volume 6 | chapter = Mythology and Folklore | volume = 3 | publisher = Board of Trustees | date = 1927 | location = Indiana University}}</ref> An [[Illiniwek|Illini]] myth recounts how Painted Turtle put his paint on to entice a chief's daughter into the water.<ref>Illinois State Museum. [http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/nat_amer/post/htmls/popups/be_turtle.html The painted turtle]. Retrieved 2010-12-10. "As told by an unidentified Peoria informant to Truman Michelson, 1916; after Knoepfle 1993."</ref>

As of 2010, four U.S. states designated the painted turtle as [[List of U.S. state reptiles|official reptile]]. Vermont honored the reptile in 1994, following the suggestion of [[Cornwall Elementary School]] students.<ref name="Vermont">{{cite web | url = http://www.leg.state.vt.us/DOCS/1994/ACTS/ACTR179.HTM | title = Joint resolution relating to the designation of the painted turtle as the state reptile | access-date = 2010-12-15}}</ref> In 1995, Michigan followed, based on the recommendation of [[Niles, Michigan|Niles]] fifth graders, who discovered the state lacked an official reptile.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Michigan's state symbols | journal = Michigan History Magazine | date = May 2002 | volume = 100| url = http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mhc_mhm_statesymbols2002_47909_7.pdf}}</ref> On February 2, 2005, Representative [[Bob Biggins]] introduced a bill to make the [[tiger salamander]] the official state amphibian of Illinois and to make the painted turtle the official state reptile. The bill was signed into law by Governor [[Rod Blagojevich]] on July 19, 2005.<ref>{{cite web|last=Biggins|first=Bob|title=Bill Status of House Bill 847: State Amphibian Reptile|date=February 2, 2005|publisher=[[Illinois General Assembly]]|access-date=June 14, 2023|url=https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=847&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=15444&SessionID=50&GA=94&SpecSess=0}}</ref> Colorado chose the western painted turtle in 2008, following the efforts of two succeeding years of Jay Biachi's fourth grade classes.<ref name="Colorado">{{cite web | url = http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/history/symbemb.htm#Reptile | title = Colorado state archives symbols & emblems | access-date = 2011-01-23 | work = colorado.gov | publisher = State of Colorado}}</ref> In New York, the painted turtle narrowly lost (5,048 to 5,005, versus the common snapping turtle) a 2006 statewide student election for state reptile.<ref name="NY election">{{cite web|title=The voting is over: Students nominate common snapping turtle as official state reptile|url=http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Joel-M-Miller/story/18722/|publisher=Assemblyman Joel M. Miller|access-date=2011-02-25|date=2006-04-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007141341/http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Joel-M-Miller/story/18722/|archive-date=2012-10-07}}</ref>

[[File:2009-0521-Boissevain-TtheT.jpg|thumb|upright|left|alt=A large turtle statue standing on two legs and holding a Canadian flag in one hand an American flag in the other.|''Tommy the Turtle'']]

In the border town of [[Boissevain, Manitoba|Boissevain]], Manitoba, a {{convert|10,000|lb|kg|abbr=on|-2}} western painted turtle, ''Tommy the Turtle'', is a roadside attraction. The statue was built in 1974 to celebrate the Canadian Turtle Derby, a festival including [[Turtle racing|turtle races]] that ran from 1972 to 2001.<ref name="Raynor">{{cite news|last=Raynor |first=Paul |title=Celebration coins minted and ready |url=http://www.boissevainrecorder.mb.ca/placed%20news/17dec05.htm |access-date=2011-01-28 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060213230632/http://www.boissevainrecorder.mb.ca/placed%20news/17dec05.htm |archive-date=February 13, 2006 |url-status=dead |newspaper=Boissevain Recorder |date=2005-12-17}}</ref>

Another Canadian admirer of the painted turtle is [[Jon Montgomery]], who won the 2010 Olympic gold medal in [[Skeleton (sport)|skeleton]] (a form of sled) racing, while wearing a painted turtle painting on the crown of his helmet, prominently visible when he slid downhill. Montgomery, who also iconically tattooed his chest with a maple-leaf,<ref name="Whistler's party">{{cite web|title=Jon Montgomery is the life of Whistler's party |url=http://olympics.thestar.com/2010/article/769062--jon-montgomery-is-the-life-of-whistler-s-party |author=Kevin McGran |publisher=[[Toronto Star]] |date=2010-02-21 |access-date=2010-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224051700/http://olympics.thestar.com/2010/article/769062--jon-montgomery-is-the-life-of-whistler-s-party |archive-date=February 24, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> explained his visual promotion of the turtle, saying that he had assisted one to cross the road. [[BC Hydro]] referred to Montgomery's action when describing its own sponsorship of conservation research for the turtle in British Columbia.<ref name="editor">{{cite news|title=BC Hydro plans painted turtle study this summer|url=http://www.revelstokecurrent.com/2010/02/26/bc-hydro-plans-painted-turtle-study-this-summer/|access-date=2011-02-04|newspaper=The Revelstoke Current|date=2010-02-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715175310/http://www.revelstokecurrent.com/2010/02/26/bc-hydro-plans-painted-turtle-study-this-summer/|archive-date=2011-07-15}}</ref>

Several private entities use the painted turtle as a symbol. [[Wayne State University Press]] operates an imprint "named after the Michigan state reptile" that "publishes books on regional topics of cultural and historical interest".<ref>{{cite web|title=Painted turtle publishing imprint website |url=http://wsupress.wayne.edu/Series/paintedturtle |publisher=Wayne State University Press |access-date=2010-12-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091018003207/http://wsupress.wayne.edu/Series/paintedturtle |archive-date=October 18, 2009 }}</ref> In California, [[The Painted Turtle]] is a camp for ill children, founded by [[Paul Newman]]. Painted Turtle Winery of British Columbia trades on the "laid back and casual lifestyle" of the turtle with a "job description to bask in the sun".<ref>{{cite web|title=Painted turtle winery|url=http://www.paintedturtlewine.com/|access-date=2010-12-07|archive-date=2011-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202092759/http://www.paintedturtlewine.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Also, there is an Internet company in Michigan,<ref name="PTWD">{{cite web|title=Painted turtle web design|url=http://www.paintedturtlewebdesign.com/|publisher=Painted Turtle Web Design|access-date=2011-01-02}}</ref> a guesthouse in British Columbia,<ref>{{cite web|title=Painted turtle guesthouse website|url=http://www.paintedturtle.ca/home.php|access-date=2010-12-06}}</ref> and a café in Maine that use the painted turtle commercially.<ref>{{cite news|last=Staff reports |title=Eat & run |newspaper=The Portland Press Herald |date=2010-03-12 |url=http://www.pressherald.com/archive/eat-and-run_2009-01-07.html |access-date=2010-12-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807114858/http://www.pressherald.com/archive/eat-and-run_2009-01-07.html |archive-date=August 7, 2011 }}</ref>

In children's books, the painted turtle is a popular subject, with at least seven books published between 2000 and 2010.{{#tag:ref|2000–2010 children's books on the painted turtle.<ref name="Collier2010">{{cite book|last=Collier|first=Kevin Scott|title=The Esther Chronicles|date=2010}}</ref><ref name="Collier">{{cite book|last=Collier|first=Kent Scott|title=Esther's Channel|isbn=978-0-9752880-6-1|publisher=Baker Tritten|date=2005-04-15|url=https://archive.org/details/estherschannel0000coll}}</ref><ref name="Hughes">{{cite book|last=Hughes|first=Marghanita|title=Nika and the painted turtle|date=2010}}</ref><ref name="Gillis">{{cite book|last=Gillis|first=Jennifer Blizen|title=Turtles: Pets at my House|publisher=Heinemann Library|isbn=978-1-4034-5056-2|date=2004-10-30|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/turtles0000gill}}</ref><ref name="Hipp">{{cite book|last=Hipp|first=Andrew|title=The Life Cycle of a Painted Turtle|publisher=Rosen Classroom|isbn=978-1-4042-5208-0|date=2005-01-01}}</ref><ref name="Falwell">{{cite book|last=Falwell|first=Cathryn|title=Turtle Splash!: Countdown at the Pond|publisher=Greenwillow Books|isbn=978-0-06-142927-9|date=2008-02-26}}</ref><ref name="Turtle Crossing">{{cite book|last=Chrustowski|first=Rick|title=Turtle Crossing|date=2006|publisher=Henry Hold & Co|isbn=978-0-8050-7498-7|url=https://archive.org/details/turtlecrossing0000chru|url-access=registration|quote=So the next time you see a Turtle Crossing sign, keep your eyes open—if you're lucky, you just might see a painted turtle on her way to make a nest.}}</ref>|group="nb"}}
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