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ᏗᎵᏍᏙᏗ "dilsdohdi" [1] the "water spider" is said to have first brought fire to the inhabitants of the earth in the basket on her back. [2]Cherokee spiritual beliefs are held in common among the Cherokee people – Native American peoples who are Indigenous to the Southeastern Woodlands, and today live primarily in communities in North Carolina (the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians ...
The Indigenous peoples of the Americas comprise numerous different cultures. Each has its own mythologies, many of which share certain themes across cultural boundaries. In North American mythologies, common themes include a close relation to nature and animals as well as belief in a Great Spirit that is conceived of in various ways.
The American Indian Religious Freedom Act is a United States federal law and a joint resolution of Congress that provides protection for tribal culture and traditional religious rights such as access to sacred sites, freedom to worship through traditional ceremony, and use and possession of sacred objects for Native Americans, Inuit, Aleut, and ...
Choctaw mythology is part of the culture of the Choctaw, a Native American tribe originally occupying a large territory in the present-day Southeastern United States: much of the states of Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana. In the 19th century, the Choctaw were known to European Americans as one of the "Five Civilized Tribes" even though ...
Lakota religion. A Dream of a Wakíŋyaŋ, one of the sky spirits associated with thunder and lightning, by Lakota artist Black Hawk, ca. 1880. Lakota religion or Lakota spirituality is the traditional Native American religion of the Lakota people. It is practiced primarily in the North American Great Plains, within Lakota communities on ...
Indigenous-American philosophical thought consists of a wide variety of beliefs and traditions among different American cultures. Among some of U.S. Native American communities, there is a belief in a metaphysical principle called the ' Great Spirit ' ( Siouan : wakȟáŋ tȟáŋka ; Algonquian : gitche manitou ).
Cherokee funeral rites. Cherokee grave found on Bussell Island, Tennessee containing a skeleton and three pottery vessels. Cherokee funeral rites comprise a broad set of ceremonies and traditions centred around the burial of a deceased person which were, and partially continue to be, practiced by the Cherokee peoples.
Attributed to the Ojibwe. [ 1] Anishinaabe traditional beliefs cover the traditional belief system of the Anishinaabeg peoples, consisting of the Algonquin / Nipissing, Ojibwa/Chippewa / Saulteaux / Mississaugas, Odawa, Potawatomi and Oji-Cree, located primarily in the Great Lakes region of North America .