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The red road is a modern English-language concept of the right path of life, as inspired by some of the beliefs found in a variety of Native American spiritual teachings. The term is used primarily in the Pan-Indian and New Age communities, [1] [2] [3] and rarely among traditional Indigenous people, [2] [3] who have terms in their own languages for their spiritual ways. [4]
In Navajo religious belief, a chindi (Navajo: chʼį́įdii) is the miasma left behind after a person dies, believed to leave the body with the deceased's last breath.It is everything that was negative about the person’s life; pain, fear, anger, disappointment, dissatisfaction, resentment, and rejection as the "residue that man has been unable to bring into universal harmony". [1]
Celebrate Native American history month with these wise and inspirational quotes from Native Americans and Indigenous Peoples.
Tahquitz (/ t ɑː ˈ k w iː t s /, sometimes / ˈ t ɑː k ɪ t s /) is a spirit found in the legends of the Cahuilla, Kumeyaay and Luiseño Native American people of Southern California. Accounts of the legend vary significantly, but most agree that Tahquitz represents evil or death, and his spirit makes its home on Mount San Jacinto. Some ...
Non-human persons would also go to that afterworld following bodily death. [146] To get to it, the spirit must cross a river on the back of a snake. If they fall into the water, their spirit is destroyed forever or they are transformed into a fish or toad. [147] In the afterlife, spirits dance and thus produce the northern lights. [147]
According to Lakota belief, Inyan (Rock), was present at the very beginning, and so was the omnipresent spirit Wakan Tanka, the Great Mystery, and the darkness Han.Inyan wanted to exercise his powers, or compassion, so he created Maka (the Earth) as part of himself to keep control of his powers.
Attitudes towards death and burial practices vary greatly across Indigenous cultures in the United States. Most Native American cultures believe that it is improper to have contact with the remains of the deceased. In some Indigenous cultures, the disruption of a dead body may prevent the spirit from peacefully moving into the afterlife.
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