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Native American
Beliefs
Terminology
• Where did the term “Indian” originate?• American Indian• Amerindian• Native American• Native• First Nation• Indigenous• ndn
Who Were These People?
• 550 different languages and societies identified in North America
• Five major language groups: Algonkian, Hokan-Sioux, Uto-Aztecan, Athabascan, and Penutian
• Nations vs. Tribes
Did They Have Anything in Common?
• Worldview• Sense of relationship • Sacred is personal to the tribe/nation• Geography• Harmony• Trickster figure
Northern Hunting Religion
Southern Agricultural Religion
Northern Hunting Religion
• Identification with a spirit animal• Supernatural aid in hunting came
from animals• Shaman• “Fearful” of women’s fertility power
Migration Timeline
12,000 BC
11,000 BC
10,000 BC 9,000 BC 8,000 BC 7,000 BC 6,000 BC 5,000 BC 4,000 BC 3,000 BC 2,000 BC 1,000 BC 0 1000 AD 2000 AD
Southern Agricultural Religions
• Evolved from the Northern Hunting Religions
• People came from the ground/holes in the ground
• Petition to the sun and seasons• Worship focused on seasonal rituals
Some Creation Myths
Potawatomi
Hopi
Native American Religion
Disney Style!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oavSum61gA