Before the Spanish named this land ‘la Florida’, there was a woodpecker that inspired the earliest people to tell stories and make art.
Indigenous people were able to observe the natural world around them and find meaning in that world.
Like people today, ancient people created stories.
The woodpecker story is a surviving parable from early people here in our piney peninsula.
The moral of the woodpecker story is simple: Be careful with trust. Things may not be as you were told.