81. Native American Studies well as their art, religion, and educational ancient religious and agricultural ceremoniesof the examines the differences between native american and Western http://www.cinemaguild.com/nonFiction/nativeAmerican.htm

Catalog Television Programming Feature ... Information NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES NATIVE LAND Place An Order Top of This Page Written and hosted by Native American author Jamake Highwater, this video examines the history and culture of the Native Americans who discovered and civilized the North and South American continents tens of thousands of years ago. It is a story of remarkable achievements, brilliant inventions, fierce political struggles, unique religious ideals and colorful mythology. Produced by Alvin H. Perlmutter 1986, color, 58 mins., VHS Purchase: $79.95 Highly Recommended "A rewarding anthropological, cultural, historical and cinematographic experience...a masterpiece." IN THE LAND OF THE TOTEM POLES Place An Order Top of This Page This video examines the work of Native American artists in the Pacific Northwest and how their wood carvings of totem poles, ceremonial masks and sculptures is part of a broader cultural renaissance. It features interviews with numerous Native American artists, illustrations of their art works as seen in public sites, museums and art galleries, and archival footage and photos of the region's Native American history. Scenes of potlatch feasts and ceremonial dances reveal how art is seen in Native American culture as an integral part of everyday life. Directed by Michel Viotte 1999, color, 51 mins., VHS Purchase: $275 Rental: $85

82. Delaware Street Rag -- XENGWIKÁON -- Verse V Europe proved beyond reasonable doubt that the native american sweat lodge deep inthe forests of my native country every bit as central to the religion of the http://www.larryville.com/articles/caron/verse5.htm

Delaware Street Rag by Michael Caron First Song: XENGWIKÁON Verse V: The Quodbas and Other Magic There were so many close parallels between the Finnish sauna and Native American sweat lodge traditions that in the 1950s Ivan Lopatin had theorized that the Vikings must have introduced the idea from Scandinavia, by way of Iceland. Mary countered that the wide distribution of sweat baths in America and their extremely limited distribution in ancient Northern Europe proved beyond reasonable doubt that the Native American sweat lodge did not spread here from Finland. Knowing something about the boating and fishing skills of fellow Algonquians from Maine to Labrador she was tempted to argue that if the steam bath idea really did spread across the North Atlantic Professor Lopatin had his thinking cap on backwards. I was not very surprised to learn that the only academic who seems to have shared Mary's view was the mixed blood Menominee Algonquian archaeologist Robert Hall. The discovery that seemed to excite Mary the most among her endless findings of shared cultural items were the quodbas, the magic drums of ancient Finland. Mary learned that more than a century after New Sweden had ceased to exist in America there were still magic drums being hidden from the Swedish authorities deep in the forests of my native country. There were orders to confiscate the quodbas from my ancestors as part of the effort to stamp out shamanistic beliefs among the backwoods peasants. The Swedes were in the final stages of establishing their Lutheran Church as the official religion of Finland. The quodbas was a sacred object. It was the heartbeat of the people. To the Swedes silencing the quodbas became a priority in "civilizing" the Finns.

83. Native American Tarots Article by a tarotist about the problems inherent in inauthentic americanIndian themed tarot cards .Category Society Ethnicity Religious Exploitation and Defense...... believe that there can be a religion that does the fact that negative stereotypingof american Indians exists mean books by and about native americans, fiction http://www.lelandra.com/comptarot/tarotindian.htm

Pseudo Native American Tarot Decks: A Picture is Worth 1000 Words Note: This page is graphics intensive and will take a while to load... This is a difficult page for me to put together. From a purely aesthetic viewpoint, three of the decks I'm showing I find very attractive. As a Euro-American Tarotist, it would be easiest for me to simply show the decks that fit the declared theme and be done with it. "Each student must be encouraged to take responsible measures to confront teachers with unethical aspects of their conduct. If the teacher shows no sign of reform, students should not hesitate to publicize any unethical behavior of which there is irrefutable evidence. This should be done irrespective of other beneficial aspects of his or her work and of one's spiritual commitment to that teacher" -His Holiness the Dalai Lama (Letter to the Sangha on Western Buddhism) (my italics) As I was collecting links to reviews of the individual decks, it quickly became clear to me that the people being "honored" with dedicated decks would prefer that "Native American Tarot" decks had never come into existence. Ethically, I see now the validity of their objections, and can not set aside the obligation to speak the truth as I see it. Therefore, as with my SCA/Renaissance Faire Tarot page, I am including quite a bit of additional background information on this page. Authentic Native American Spirituality If you are looking at this page because you are considering purchasing one of the decks, you are probably motivated by a desire to learn something about "authentic Native American Spirituality". If that is your motivation, you should at least give careful consideration to the fact that these decks are not authentic.

84. Native Americans www.montana.edu/wwwfpcc/tribes/religion.html 3 North american Indians from the KeystoneMastCollection html View original photographs of native americans and http://eduscapes.com/42explore/native.htm

The Topic: Native Americans This project on Native Americans includes tons of resources - - too many to fit onto just this one page! Connect to the project's three other companion pages for lots more ideas and information: (1) Biographies of Native Americans - A to Z Native American Tribes and Cultures , and (3) Easier - Native Americans, sometimes called American Indians, are descendants of the first people to live in the Americas. They had been living there for thousands of years before any Europeans arrived. Harder - When Columbus landed in what is now known as the West Indies, he incorrectly thought he had reached the Indies. He called the native people he met Indians. The Indians of the Americas spoke hundreds of different languages, had many varied ways of life, and each group had its own name. Some lived in large cities and others in small villages. Still others kept moving throughout the year, hunting animals and gathering wild plants. First Americans by K. Martin (Grades 4-8)

85. AGPix.com national parks, other public lands (South american); lands (Soviet republics (former));native costumes; Nepal (in rafting; religion (large files, different groups http://www.agpix.com/photographer/stock/A0213220_complete.html

Nevada Wier About Images Stocklist Latest Coverage Complete Stocklist Specialties Geographic General Subjects Complete Stocklist Nevada Wier is a participant in AGPix's Blue Book. Below is the Complete stocklist from the book. Blue Book Complete Stocklist Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) adventure travel Africa (selected subjects) Africa (ethnic groups, native peoples) Africa (natural history) Africa (wildlife) Amman (Jordan) Andes Mtns. Angkor ruins (Cambodia) Annapurna (Nepal) archaeology (Asian) archaeology (North American) archaeology (South American) archaeology (Soviet republics (former)) art (paintings, sculpture, etc.) (Asian) art (paintings, sculpture, etc.) (Soviet republics (former)) Ashkhabad (Turkmenistan) Asia (in-depth files, many subjects) Asia (strong travel coverage) Asia (agriculture, farming, ranching) Asia (architecture, buildings) Asia (arts, crafts) Asia (ceremonies, rites, religions) Asia (churches, mosques, temples) Asia (cities, city life) Asia (education, schools) Asia (environment) Asia (ethnic groups, native peoples) Asia (fairs, festivals, holidays)

86. Ake Hultkrantz Information And Books - Authors - Earth Spirit division between medicine and religion, native american medical beliefs and continuitiesin american Indian spirituality. al Soul and native americans (Dunquin http://www.soultospirit.com/earth/book_excerpts/gaia/shamanism/hultkrantz/hultkr

87. Issue 1 the savages , their story of religion was so The public will attend ceremoniesand take native american Spirit about native Spirituality Commentary about http://www.spirit-webdesign.net/issue_1.htm

Issue 1 Welcome to the first issue of Spirit Path! I have decided to begin at the beginning. Sounds simple, yet it is really quite difficult! I am going to endeavor to explain American Indian Spirituality basics in order to provide you all with the foundation of everything that is to come. There are hundreds of different American Indian cultures. Some are government-recognized Tribes, some are not. Each and every different group has it's own spiritual beliefs. Their origin beliefs are different, their ceremonies and rituals are different... it is like all the religions in the world! There is a difference between how the Catholics worship the Creator and how the Baptists worship, or the Buddhists, and yet they are all worshiping the same Creator. No difference here. However, there are some fundamental similarities that are universal to virtually all American Indian cultures. These similarities are what I am going to do my best to outline here. Indigenous people were here in North America for thousands of years before Lief Erikson or Columbus happened upon them. They had evolved into different cultures, and yet they all had a basic belief in a single Creator. The single biggest difference between their beliefs and the beliefs of the European invaders was that American Indian cultures have no concept of the idea of an organized 'religion'. The very idea of an organized religion in which one must have a leader and go to a certain place in which to worship is an odd concept to us. American Indians almost universally believe that God, the Creator, is everywhere. He/She exists in every leaf, blade of grass, every animal and every rock on Mother Earth. Everything is made by the Creator, everything is sacred and worthy of respect and honor, and everything is alive. Humans are but one part of the grand scheme of the Creator, and must live in total harmony with all that there is. No one person is closer to the Creator than any other. To worship the Creator, one must only look around. Speaking to the Creator is the right of every person, without the intervention of any other person. You can not be closer to the Creator than when you are simply outside in nature.

88. Native American Protocol native american Protocol. Many sought solace in the teachings of a religion thathas Some native people were raised traditionally, speaking their own language http://www.shundahai.org/Protocol.htm

89. Endorsements as a ‘white man's religion,’ Randy Woodley's The introduction of redeemed indigenousceremonies, arts, music the Gospel can impact native american people in http://www.eagles-wingsmin.com/Endorsements.htm

Endorsements Endorsements for the Woodleys and Eagle's Wings Ministry: Randy and Edith Richard Twiss, Wiconi International, Author/Conference Speaker Winkie Pratney, Author/International Conference Speaker Tony Marco, Author/Consultant Monte Ohia, Co-Founder (w/ Linda) World Christian Gathering on Indigenous People ... Phil Duran, Former Director-First Nations Institute “Randy Woodley is a courageous Native leader who, like the Apostle Paul, is fully committed to helping people find a loving relationship with Jesus Christ. He has literally taken up Paul's example to be all things to all men in order to win them to Christ by incorporating many traditional Native cultural expressions in his outreach and discipleship strategies among First Nations People. In his passion to reach Native people in culturally appropriate ways, I know that Randy is committed to upholding the historic Biblical truths of Scripture. I am honored to consider Randy Woodley a friend, co-laborer in the Kingdom, and Native brother in Christ and recommend his vision for Eagle's Wings Ministry as one worth supporting.” -Richard Twiss, Lakota/Sioux, President

90. Autochthonous Religions (African & Native American) While the native american Church has combined Christianity with native heritage,recently there Dreams in religion All consciousness separates; but in http://faculty.erau.edu/parkern/auto.htm

AUTOCHTHONOUS RELIGIONS RELIGIONS OF AFRICA In Africa, peoples have been as diverse as the geography, ranging from isolated tribal groups (hunting and gathering groups through subsistence agricultural groups) to city states. Egypt produced the earliest documented religion with written records, a religion with a highly developed system of beliefs and rituals. African religions have evolved independently from roots remote in time. Eastern Africa furnishes some of the oldest evidence of humanoid habitation. Homo erectus was found in Tanzania (lived 1.5 million years ago). Skulls of Homo sapiens from 130,000 ago have been found in Ethiopia. From the last 20,000 years, remains have been found in caves, savannas, sand dunes and lake beds. Peoples are as diverse as the geography. Racial types include Pygmoid, Bushmanoid, Negroid and Caucasoid. There are more than 1000 distinct languages. Many African-Americans are descendants of peoples taken from the west coast. The High God Peoples of Africa are not only animists, thinking all things contain spirits, or polytheists, believing that many gods exist, but frequently believe that one transcendent creator god either rules over a hierarchy of gods, or has withdrawn his concern from this world (Yoruba). The Yoruba people of Nigeria believe that Oloroun gave them their fates at creation, but humans have forgotten then. While Olorun remains remote, a part of him, Esu, a trickster, mediates for humans. However, it is lesser spirits and ancestors which receive attention in African religions.

91. UN Commission On Human Rights, decisions, and freedom of religion for native is an essential aspect of native Americancultural and forcible haircutting policy for native Americans prisoners http://www.blackmesais.org/commission_UN_56th.html

Commission on Human Rights, Fifty-sixth session, 19 March - 27 April, 2001 Agenda item 11, Civil and Political Rights Written intervention submitted by the International Indian Treaty Council a) Torture and Detention The International Indian Treaty Council, along with thousands of human rights organizations and leaders around the world, expresses our shock, dismay and profound disappointment that outgoing United States President William Clinton refused to grant Executive Clemency for American Indian Political prisoner and human rights defender Leonard Peltier. Mr. Clinton failed to take a stand for justice and human rights by granting clemency to Mr. Peltier, although he gave of clemency and pardons to 140 other prisoners, including some of his own former business partners, on the final day of his presidency. Mr. Clinton received urgent appeals from such notable international human rights leaders as Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchu Tum and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mrs. Mary Robinson. In a letter dated December 22, 2000 Mrs. Robinson urged the President to grant Executive Clemency to Mr. Peltier, noting that his trial "raised serious due process concerns". Mrs. Menchu Tum wrote to the President on December 10th, calling upon him to send "a clear signal that the new century can begin on the path of struggle for justice, peace and tolerance by righting this injustice". Thousands of Indigenous, ecumenical, human rights and political leaders as well as concerned citizens from around the world joined in making this call to the President, but to no avail. The next parole hearing for Mr. Peltier, incarcerated as a result of a serious and well-documented miscarriage of justice and in poor health, will be in 2008.

92. Eurocentric Concepts also been alleged for some North american nations book is frequently cited by nonNativehistorians and sacrifice (for their own Roman Catholic religion and for http://cougar.ucdavis.edu/nas/faculty/forbes/personal/Eurocentric_Concepts.html

Native Intelligence: a column by Jack D. Forbes Native American Studies University of California, Davis This column's focus: Eurocentric Concepts Harm Native People Some European writers have developed concepts which are used as intellectual weapons against American indigenous peoples. Among these are human sacrifice, cannibalism, infanticide, patricide, matricide and primitivism. Human sacrifice has especially been applied to the cultures of many Meso-American and South American groups but it (along with cannibalism) has also been alleged for some North American nations. Let me use human sacrifice as an example of how concepts can be made to apply only to indigenous peoples and not to European groups doing essentially the same thing. The word "sacrifice" is derived from Latin sacer (sacred, holy) and facere (to make, do), meaning "sacred-making" or "to make sacred." Even for Romans, however, the meaning became "the destruction or surrender of something for the sake of something else" or the giving up of some interest for the interest of someone or something else. Modern examples might be: "The Iraqi civilians were sacrificed for the sake of Bush's Persian Gulf policy"; or "The lives of Native Americans in Guatemala have been sacrificed in order to prevent agrarian reform." What about human sacrifice as practiced today? In World War I and World War II virtually all sides sacrificed the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and non-combatants for the sake of military goals. The Japanese frequently and wantonly killed civilians in their attacks upon China, the Germans executed millions of non-combatants, and the United States incinerated tens of thousands of civilians in Nagasaki and Hiroshima, by way of examples.

93. Untitled us the venue to practice our religious ceremonies. governmental laws such as the NativeAmerican Grave Protection land or to practice their religion thereupon. http://www.umc-gbcs.org/dinehsta.htm

Oral Intervention of the General Board of Church and Society of The United Methodist Church Submitted to the 55th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights Geneva Switzerland April 13, 1999 Read by Liberato C. Bautista and Peggy Francis Scott Liberato C. Bautista, Assistant General Secretary: I am speaking on behalf of the General Board of Church and Society of The United Methodist Church. Our church has a long standing commitment to and solidarity with Indigenous Peoples and against religious intolerance. It is our church’s policy "to support the needs and aspirations of America’s native peoples as they struggle for their survival and the maintenance of the integrity of their culture in a world intent upon their assimilation, Westernization, and absorption of their lands and the termination of their traditional ways of life" ( 1996 Book of Resolutions of The United Methodist Church , p.181). Peggy Francis Scott, Dineh representative: The traditional Dineh living in Black Mesa, a remote region of northeastern Arizona, in the United States are a spiritual people whose identity, ways of being, and ways of knowing and doing are intimately bound to the land. Dineh religiosity is inseparably bound to the land. Every fabric of Dineh daily life is intrinsically woven to this land and the earth. We come before you as a people proud of our tradition and our religiosity. But we also come with wounded souls and broken spirits. Our religious identities and constructions are intimately tied to the land we live on. When our land is wounded, our religion is wounded. When our spirits are broken, our spirituality is broken.

94. Medea's Chariot A Word About Cultural Assimilation or any others, to even learn about their religion. permission, I do not claim a nativeAmerican spirituality, though in mind only those of native blood with http://www.medeaschariot.com/mytholog/assim.htm

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