What were the Shawnee beliefs?

Answer 1

The Shawnee language is a Central Algonquian language spoken in parts of central and northeastern Oklahoma

by only around 200 Shawnee, making it very endangered. It was originally spoken in Ohio, West Virginia,

Kentucky, and Pennsylvania. It is closely related to the other Algonquian languages Mesquakie-Sauk (Sac and

Fox and Kickapoo. The stem for the word Shawnee, shawa, is historically preserved as a word meaning

"warm," in reference to the Shawnee weather beings of the sun, and this word was also rooted in the word for

"south wind." The Shawnee considered the Delaware Indians as their spiritual and cultural grandfathers, as well

as the root for all of the Algonquin tribes. Identical language proves their oral histor

Answer 2

The religious beliefs of the Shawnee Indians, or of any of the North American indigenous tribes, before the adoption of Christianity, is called shamanism. It is the world's oldest way of believing that is known today. Each tribe developed its own set of beliefs. They were all different and specific to that tribe.

Answer 3

The Shawnee believe that a great Goddess is knitting a net who will eventually come down with it to sweep her children away.