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Traditional Sámi spiritual practices and beliefs are based on a type of animism, polytheism, and what anthropologists may consider shamanism. The religious traditions can vary considerably from region to region within Sápmi .
Sami Scheetz (born 1996) is an American politician and small business owner who has represented the 78th district of the Iowa House of Representatives since January 2023, which consists of parts of southeastern Cedar Rapids in Linn County. He is the first Arab American to serve in the Iowa General Assembly. He is a member of the Democratic ...
In the Kingdoms of Denmark-Norway, the Sami religion was banned on pain of death as witchcraft. During the 17th-century, the persecution of the followers of Sami religion were more intensely persecuted than before by Christian missionaries, and several Sami were persecuted for sorcery because they practiced the Sami religion. [2]
The act was modeled in part on Norwegian and Swedish policies on the ownership of reindeer by the Sami people of Sápmi. Many Sámi had recently arrived in Alaska to manage the reindeer in the 1930s. As a result of the act, Alaskan Sámi were required to sell their herds to the government at $3 per head.
The Saami Council is a voluntary, non-governmental organization of the Sámi people made up of nine Sámi member organizations from Finland, Norway, Russia, and Sweden. Since the founding of the Nordic Saami Council in 1956, among the first indigenous peoples' organizations, the Saami Council has actively dealt with Sámi public policy tasks.
Magis Institute originally was created simply to be a center for Catholic spirituality. In 2008, Father Spitzer and his associates at Magis considered how they might offer a reasoned, scientific alternative viewpoint to those publicly expressed by "new atheism" writers such as Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins.
Science of Spirituality is a 501(c)(3) non‑profit organization [1] [2] [3] founded in 1979. The spiritual head of Science of Spirituality is Rajinder Singh . [ 4 ] He teaches meditation on the inner Light and Sound so people can experience for themselves the spiritual riches within. [ 5 ]
Mount Mercy University is a private Catholic university in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States.It was founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1928.. Students take a core of liberal arts courses as a foundation for areas of study including English, fine arts, history, mathematics, multicultural studies, natural science, philosophy, theology [2] and social science. [3]