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  2. Native American religions - Wikipedia

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    Native American religions were prevalent in the pre-Columbian era, including state religions.Common concept is the supernatural world of deities, spirits and wonders, such as the Algonquian manitou or the LakotaŹ¼s wakan, [19] [20] [9] as well as Great Spirit, [21] Fifth World, world tree, and the red road among many Indians.

  3. American Indian Religious Freedom Act - Wikipedia

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    Native American tribes had traditionally been closely associated with their lands, and their religious practices and beliefs were based in specific geographic areas. Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association (1988) is a landmark case in the Supreme Court's decisions affecting Native American religion under the AIRFA. The ...

  4. History of religion in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Second Great Awakening exercised a profound impact on American religious history. By 1859 evangelicalism emerged as a kind of national church or national religion and was the grand absorbing theme of American religious life. The greatest gains were made by the very well organized Methodists.

  5. Understanding why Native American religion is linked to land

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    Freedom of religion is something that we here in America treasure. What’s happening on this land in West Central Wyoming is more than restoring the presence of American bison, or buffalo ...

  6. Reuben Snake - Wikipedia

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    Reuben Alvis Snake Jr. (1937–1993) [2] was an American Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) activist, educator, spiritual leader, and tribal leader. [3] [4] He served as a leader within the American Indian Movement (AIM) in the 1970s, [3] and in the National Congress of American Indians in the 1980s. [3]

  7. List of religious movements that began in the United States

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    Native American Church, 1800 (19th century) [5] Reformed Mennonites, 1812; Restoration Movement, 1800s; various subgroups of Amish, throughout 19th and 20th centuries; American Unitarian Association, 1825 Unitarian Universalism, 1961 (consolidation of the Universalist Church and the AUA) Latter Day Saint movement/Mormonism, 1830

  8. Lakota religion - Wikipedia

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    Lakota religion or Lakota spirituality is the traditional Native American religion of the Lakota people. It is practiced primarily in the North American Great Plains, within Lakota communities on reservations in North Dakota and South Dakota. The tradition has no formal leadership or organizational structure and displays much internal variation.

  9. Stereotypes. Taboos. Critics. This Navajo cultural advisor is ...

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    As such, the Native Americans working in entertainment to portray our culture, language and traditions with respect and compassionate accuracy aren’t just reacting to generations of harmful ...