Native American Spirituality

A bird of prey that breeds throughout North America from Western Alaska and Northern Canada to Panama and the West Indies. They can weigh between 1.5 to 3.5 pounds measure 18-26 inches in length and a wingspan of 43-57 inches.

spiritual meaning of dragonflies?

Yup! Dragonfly - Good events at/in home, good news.

A shaman is a person(specifically a religious leader/figure/mystic/etc) who can travel/communicate between this world and their equivalent of the spirit world. A pagan shaman would be a shaman who belongs to one of the religions under the "pagan" umbrella.

Red Willow, the pipe was often made out of Calumet

A lot of them had various beliefs in things like the Great Spirit and spirits inside of everything, living or non living.

Dream catchers catch the bad dreams floating around at night and the bad dreams die at the break of day and fade away because dreams are a thing of the night and cannot live through the light of day. The good dreams however are sent to the feathers that then send the good dreams to you.

According to Cayuga tradition, a supreme creator, Orenda, was recognized in the festivals held for harvest, maple sap, strawberries, and corn. An eight-day event in midwinter was held to forgive past wrongs.

In the early nineteenth century the teachings of Handsome Lake became popular among Cayuga. Handsome Lake was a Seneca who taught about Jesus and also blended the traditional celebrations with Christian-style confessions of sin and urged Native Americans to stay away from alcohol. His teachings eventually were incorporated into the Longhouse religion, which continues to have followers today.

Only after the last tree has been cut down

Only after the last fish has been caught

Only after the last river has been poisoned

Onlyafter the air has been polluted

Only then will you find money cannot be eaten

The Clatsop, or Chinook, Indians were and are a group of Chinooken peoples living on the South side of the Columbia River.

Traditional religion is complicated to explain as nothing was really "worshiped". Instead there were many customs to follow and taboos to avoid.

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Great Lakes

Almost all tribes in the Americas had dieties that represented the sun among other dieties. Some of the Plains tribes still do the Sun Dance. I can think of no tribe that "worshiped" in the English use of the word, the sun.

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· Religions are too complicated and culturally sensitive to describe appropriately in only a few simple sentences, and we strongly want to avoid misleading anybody. You can visit this site to learn more about Miami mythology or this site about Indian belief in general.

Petroglyphs and pictographs depicting the legendary fertility deity Kokopelli are excellent examples of ancient rock art that are found all the way from northern Peru to modern-day Wisconsin.

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Shamans are not Native American. Shamans are from Siberia. Native Americans have medicine men and women. Their title is medicine man or medicine women in the tribes language.

They were considered an adult when they were old enough to hunt and fight for the tribe

It has been said that Native American Tribes had a ceremony to bring rain to their areas. In "folklore terms" this has been referred to as a "rain dance".

The Makah live in the farthest north west part of Washington State on the Pacific coast and on the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The warmest average temperature is around 74 in the summer and a high of 44 in the coldest month. It hardly ever gets much colder than the low 30s. There is about 94 inches of rain a year. It is a temperate rain forest.

The feathers of Eagles are sacred to Native Americans. They are Creators gift to those with honor. They are used for prayer and given during sacred ceremonies to those who have earned them. Since the eagle is a protected bird in the US, Enrolled Native Americans must get on a waiting list to receive them from the US Game and Wildlife. Native Americans are the only US citizens who are allowed to be in possession of the feathers.

Seeing as how each Native American tribe had their own individual beliefs, it is hard to state a definite "religion" that the Creek Nation had. As far as what they believed in, well that requires much research and I can't explain it in this response. My advice is that you research this topic further on.

They ate the three sisters, or corn, beans, and squash.

Presuming that there is no other Indian blood in the lineage, you would be 1/16th American Indian. Whether or not you would be legally considered an Indian, depends on which tribe your G-Grandmother was enrolled in. All tribes have different requirements that would-be members need to meet for enrollment; including a minimum blood quantum. Assuming your specific tribe accepts a minimum Indian blood quantum of 1/16 or more, and all other requirements are met for enrollment- then yes, you're legally Indian.