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Generally, those people who had agricultural cultures put less importance on wolves while those from hunting cultures had stores and symbolism that made wolves more important. I am not aware of any people that "idolize" wolves in the sense of "worship or make and idol of".

Many people respected or revered wolves. The Pawnee people (Chahiksichahiks) Skidi federation ,closely identified with wolves and used the same sign language sign for wolf and Pawnee. To them the star Sirius was the wolf star.

For some Plains people the western direction was symbolized by the wolf.

The Dena'ina in Alaska felt that wolves were men once and were brothers to people.

Some Shoshone people believed Wolf was a creator. For the Anishinabe wolf was a best friend of a culture hero.

The Lakota have a Šung'manitu,(Wolf cult- lit. "they dream of wolves"). They were said to be good at removing arrow and making protection for battle.

Many tribes had wolf as a clan symbol. In this case it is more of a clan crest usually than a religious symbol that is "idolized"

Because wolves hunted the same food as people and are clearly intelligent, there are more stories of wolves than can be listed here from many different cultures and places.

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