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| seperate religions that exist side by side and maintain there differences. |
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| religions that consciously or unconsciously blend and mix ideas from other religions |
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| sacred woman in white buckskin with a bundle on her back |
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| pipe given to Oglada chief by White Buffalo Calf woman |
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| a ceremony that surrounded the sacred pipe in which a the soul of the deceased could be kept from six months to two years. |
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| performed alone on a sacred hill away from camp usually for the first time during adolescence |
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| a dance that occured at a special time of the year and could be intertribal. hooks were put in peoples flesh and they hung from a pole until the flesh riped and they were released. this dance has been outlawed in many states in the US. takes place in early summer after buffalo harvest. |
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| the mysterious force that surrounded the worl around them and its culminating aspects |
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| return of lands, artifacts, and remains of ancestors |
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| pueblo indians in the southwest |
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| underground houses where rituals were performed by the men, also men prepared for dances in the kivas |
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| hole in the bottom of the kiva that was an opening to the kiva |
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!st: spiritual beings that give spiritual dimension to outer and physical existence
2nd: male dancers that during the kachina ceremonies impersonate males and female
3rd: carved dolls given to Hopi childrem during the dances |
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| Peiute Indian from Nevada named Jack Wilson, died twice and seen god |
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| plains religion that centers on a communion type ritual that involves eating a mild halucagenic |
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| inclusion of native symbols and rituals in official church services |
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| spiritual leader among his people and he saw no contradiciton in embracing what he thought was valid in his peoples beliefs and in christianities beliefs |
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| one acting a mediator between the physical and spiritual world |
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| characters added to stories such as coyote spreading the stars in the sky or stealing mother waters baby and causing a flood |
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