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Religions
of Ancient
Native Americans
Religion: the human practice of
the collection of world views, beliefs, and how man
relates to their relationship with the unknown. Each
religion establishes holidays to celebrate events,
individuals and beliefs.
"Native
American religions,Native
American faithorAmerican
Indian religionsare
theindigenousspiritual
practices of theIndigenous
peoples of the Americas.
Ceremonial ways can vary widely and are based on the
differing histories and beliefs of individual
nations, tribes and bands. Early European explorers
describe individualNative
American tribesand
even small bands as each having their own religious
practices. Theology may bemonotheistic,polytheistic,henotheistic,animistic,shamanistic,pantheisticor
any combination thereof, among others.Traditional
beliefs are usually passed down in theoral
traditionforms
ofmyths,oral
histories,
stories, allegories, and principles. Nowadays, as
scholars note, many American Natives renew their
interest in own tradition." Source
Wikipedia
