21. Yachay Wasi traditions, customs and ceremonies; the right and practiced genocide of indigenous peoples and the native american religions were outlawed in December 1890 and http://www.wac.uct.ac.za/archive/content/ref0002.htm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NYC April 24, 1999 On April 23, representatives of Yachay Wasi(NGO/DPI), The Wittenberg Center(NGO/ECOSOC) and the International Romani Union(NGO/ECOSOC) presented the human rights violations: "Desecration of Indigenous Burial Sites and Display of Indigenous Remains" to the Human Rights caucus of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development CSD-7 meeting currently at United Nations Headquarters in NYC. The statement below was given and, as one of the topics of CSD-7 is Sustainable Tourism, the issue of "display of Indigenous remains" was approved by the Caucus to be included in its report at the conclusion of CSD-7 on April 30. It is a timely decision as the exhibit in Florida closes tomorrow. Desecration of Indigenous Burial Sites and Display of Indigenous Remains presented by Marie Samuel, Yachay Wasi (DPI) and International Romani CSD-7 - Human Rights Caucus - April 23, 1999 "Indigenous Peoples have the right to manifest, practice, develop and teach their spiritual and religious traditions, customs and ceremonies;

22. Religious Movements Homepage: Native American Religion In their ceremonies, the Iroquois rid themselves of woman important influence of Christianity on native american cultures and religions, preferring to http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/naspirit.html

Native American Spirituality Profile Beliefs Groups Native Americans and Christianity ... Bibliography I. Profile The diversity of American Indian tribes precludes a comprehensive examination of their religions and their belief systems. Anthropologists have compiled a huge trove of information detailing practices and beliefs of many different groups; this information remains isolated from popular culture. While there is a proliferation of popularized versions of Native American spirituality, these are often not the products of the tribes or their members. The beliefs and practices of many groups are sectarian derivatives of other native groups, and there is also a significant infusion of Christianity, and more recently, New Age beliefs and practices permeating these traditional beliefs. The origins of contemporary Native American religion, and that of their recent ancestors, can be traced back 30,000 to 60,000 years with the arrival of the first groups of people from northeast Asia. The religion of Native Americans has developed from the hunting taboos, animal ceremonialism, beliefs in spirits, and shamanism embraced by those early ancestors (Hultkrantz, 3, 12). Since these peoples settled in America slowly and in small groups over several thousand years, we still lack precise immigration knowledge. Beyond the directly inherited traditional Native American religions, a wide body of modified sects abounds. The Native American Church claims a membership of 250,000, which would constitute the largest of the Native American religious organizations. Though the church traces the sacramental use of the peyote cactus back ten thousand years, the Native American Church was only founded in 1918. Well into the reservation era, this organization was achieved with the help of a Smithsonian Institute anthropologist. The church incorporates generic Native American religious rites, Christianity, and the use of the peyote plant. The modern peyote ritual is comprised of four parts: praying, singing, eating peyote, and quietly contemplating (Smith, 167-173; Anderson, 41).

23. Native American Religion The Importance of Sacred Sites to native american Religions The discussion about the beliefs of the native american people, their rituals and ceremonies. http://www.nativeamericans.com/Religion.htm

Native American Religion A Brief History of the Native American Church Learn more about the use of peyote in Native American Religion and how others misunderstand its use. Find out who Deer Person is, Huichol religion, Quanah Parker, and many more historical figures. http://www.csp.org/communities/docs/fikes-nac_history.html American Indian Religious Freedom and Native American Graves Repatriation and Protection Acts "The special nature of Native American religions has frequently resulted in conflicts between federal laws and policies and religious freedom." A very detailed, well-written article dealing with the Native American Religion and the infringements it has suffered throughout history. http://tis.eh.doe.gov/oepa/law_sum/AIRFA.HTM American Indians and the Natural World It's a great education source for teachers and students. Read about the

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25. MSN Encarta - Native American Religions in an equivalence between economics and religion. of the basic elements of native american ritual life and singing, often in preparation for other ceremonies. http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761580498/Native_American_Religions.html

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26. Native American Religions - I + II a unified view of physical and spiritual sustenance expressed in an equivalence between economics and religion. 8. ceremonies. 3. Pannative american Movements. http://www.angelfire.com/realm/shades/nativeamericans/nativeamericanreligions.ht

var cm_role = "live" var cm_host = "angelfire.lycos.com" var cm_taxid = "/memberembedded" Index Shades Pre Columbian Religions Native Americans Maps ... Guestbook I. Introduction Native American Religions, beliefs, behaviors, and attitudes of the indigenous peoples of North America concerning the spiritual forces of the cosmos. These beliefs, behaviors, and attitudes remained an integral part of aboriginal North American culture from the Stone Age (30,000 BC-2500 BC) through the end of the 19th century, when the European settlement of North America was completed. Beginning in the mid-20th century, Native American religions underwent a revival, particularly among the Plains peoples. (For additional information on Native American cultures, see Native Americans II. Origins and Development

27. Religions Of The World -- Native American Missionary Approach, www.bluecloud.org/religion.html. Bearded Wolf Lists Many ceremonies and Rituals, native american Beliefs Practices Several short examples, http://members.aol.com/porchfour/religion/nativeam.htm

http://members.aol.com/porchthree/nativeam.htm - Native Americans Interfaith Religion and Beliefs for an Internet Generation PORCH NUS The E-Zine of The Front Porch Religions of the World Native American Spirituality Native American Spirituality might be defined as the indigenous religious traditions of the many peoples who inhabited the Americas prior to contact with Europeans from 1492 onward. The customs, rituals and iconography varied tremendously throughout the Americas. Attempting to compare them with the formalized written traditions of Asia, Europe and the Middle East is an exercise in futility. Native American Spirituality was (and is, for those still practicing it) part and parcel of living. It involved a relationship with the natural world as opposed to a weekly or daily schedule of worship services. With few exceptions there was no priesthood or system of temples. Above all, there was no written record and, but for a very few cases, no inscriptions or monuments. Foreword to Soul of the Indian © 1911 by Charles Alexander Eastman Full Electronic Text at University of Virginia "WE also have a religion which was given to our forefathers, and has been handed down to us their children. It teaches us to be thankful, to be united, and to love one another! We never quarrel about religion."

28. NativeWeb Resources: Religion & Spirituality Books Documenting native american religion Mythology. gain an understanding of sacred ceremonies practised and The Ripoff of native american Spirituality, 7539. http://www.nativeweb.org/resources/religion_spirituality/

Home Login Contact Us Resources for Indigenous Cultures around the World Resources Community Services About Us Resource Center Internet Links Nations Index Geographic Region Index Search the Site ... Top 5 Percent Hosted Resources Hosted Pages NativeLaw News NativeTech Site Information Get your FREE EMAIL @NativeWeb.Net! Community About Us Hosting Information ... Resource Database Resources: 34 listings Name and Description Nation Location Hits American Indian Church - Official Site Sioux US - West Originally established to promote respect among native people for their own traditions, the American Indian Church has blossomed into an all-inclusive community. Also known as The Gathering the AIC is both a church and a way of life, honoring the sacredness of each human being while recognizing our connection and accountability to all things. Ayibobo to the Vodoun Culture In this website, we have tried to showcase years of research. However if some of this material seems too dense to you it is because it is not meant to be a primer to the Vodoun Culture. In any case, take a look around, let the table of contents guide you. Beauty and harmony need not be understood. More sites on www.geocities.com

29. NativeWeb Home Books Documenting native american religion Mythology. gain an understanding of sacred ceremonies practised and The Ripoff of native american Spirituality, 7527. http://www.nativeweb.org/resources.php?name=Religion & Spirituality&rid=95

30. Native American Spirituality Hunting ceremonies These involve the ritual treatment of Even using the word religion to describe native american spirituality is misguided, because it http://www.runningdeerslonghouse.com/webdoc2.htm

Native American Spirituality Many followers of Aboriginal religions, such as the many tribes of Native American Spirituality, do not regard their spiritual beliefs and practices as a "religion" in the way in which many Christians do. their beliefs and practices form a integral and seamless part of their very being. Introduction A quote from Native American Religions by Arlene Horschfelder and Paulette Molin (Facts on file, New York, 1992, ISBN 0-8160-2017-5) is instructive: ".....the North American public remains ignorant about Native American religions, and this despite the fact that hundreds of books and articles have been published by anthropologists, religionists and others about native beliefs.....Little of this scholarly literature has found its way into popular books about Native American religion..." Yet Natives culture and religion should be valued. They have made many contributions to North American Society: * an awareness of concern for the environment * food staples such as corn, beans, squash, potatoes and sweet potatoes * the design of the kayak, toboggan and snowshoe

31. Studying Indigenous Religions Nature, 5 Spirits and Ancestors 6 ceremonies and Rituals people learn and become more aware of native Americans’ lives, culture, and religion, the more http://www.uwec.edu/greider/Indigenous/Versluis/01intro.htm

Studying Indigenous Religions Overview of Key Elements 1 INTRODUCTION The study of Indigenous religions considers thousands of various globally scattered traditional religions of native cultures, descendants of original inhabitants or First Peoples in particular bioregions, and the Sacred Ways they developed to express their experience of their Life World. Exploring these religions spans the history of humanity and breadth of the planet, from the earliest cave painters to contemporary people struggling to maintain their sacred ways and survive in the modern world. Indigenous religions are deeply connected to the environment, the ecological bioregion, through the mythical cosmology or sacred stories of a place that are assigned by people to their terrain. [See also Brett Greider's overview lecture and some definitions Before European contact, there was a great diversity of Native American traditions, cultures, languages, and religious beliefs. The Europeans took a lot of this away by outlawing Native Americans to practice certain religions, for example, which eventually lead to much of this diversity to be lost. However, the Native Americans have survived the Europeans’ attempt of civilization, or assimilation, and have preserved a great deal of their culture, heritage, and religion over time.

32. H-Net Review: Michelle R. Kloppenburg On Howard L. Harrod, Becoming And Remainin the transformation of the indigenous cultures in Great Plains Rites and ceremonies; Social change and Remaining a People native american Religions on the http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=24502850074653

33. Summary Of Native American Religions most other systems found among native american civilizations to Lewis H. Morgan, their religion is characterized The ritual ceremonies practiced by the Iroquois http://are.as.wvu.edu/ruvolo.htm

A Summary of Native American Religions by David Ruvolo The history of American religions is dominated by the presence of Christianity brought to the New World by European settlers. Columbus's discovery in 1492 marked the beginning of a massive "white" invasion that would consume the entire continent of North America over the next four centuries. Although Christianity manifested itself in countless denominations, it was, nevertheless, the umbrella under which most Europeans in America gathered. It served as common ground on which white settlers could stand together in the struggle for survival in the wilderness of the New World. Whatever differences there were between denominations were insignificant when compared to the differences between the white European Christianity and their counterparts on the continent, the resident Native Americans. This fact, along with the desire and need for land, turned Native Americans into a convenient enemy for most groups of European settlers. In essence, time had run out for the indigenous race that populated the continent of North America. Like the Israelites of the sixth century B.C.E., Native Americans were faced with an enemy that was more advanced. Ironically, the invading whites are the religious descendants of those same Israelites who were conquered by the Babylonians in 586 B.C.E.. Armed with technologically advanced weapons, diseases which were foreign to the continent, and a concept known as Manifest Destiny, European settlers began an assault on the North American Continent the result of which was nothing short of genocide. Within four hundred years of their first contact, the white man had succeeded in stripping Native American civilizations of virtually all of their land and had nearly wiped their cultures from the face of the earth.

34. Internet Sources For Native American & Indigenous Studies Chumash Indians Rites and ceremonies. indigenous rights. indigenous people Legal status, laws, etc. Encyclopedia of native american Religions. http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subjects/guides/natires.html

You are here: Home Research Help By Subject Native American Studies Research Guide [pdf version] Collection Manager: Liza Posas Phone: (805) 893-5086 E-mail: lposas@library.ucsb.edu Proxy server information for current UCSB students, faculty and staff. Proxy Server may be used for off-campus access to many databases and electronic texts. Keywords vs. Subject Headings Using your own words or phrases to search a topic is a keyword search. A subject (or descriptor ) search uses pre-determined words or phrases assigned by someone else. Subject headings are found by looking at a resource's index, thesaurus, or item record. Both types of searches are helpful in broadening or narrowing search results. Examples using keywords (words you think up on your own) Examples using official subject headings (words you find in a thesaurus or item record) Chumash Indian traditions Chumash Indians Rites and ceremonies Indigenous rights Indigenous people Legal status, laws, etc

35. AOL Canada Search: Search Results on many aspects of native american religion and tradition. Overview of ceremonies, charter, news and events to help the situation of the native american people. http://search.aol.ca/cat.adp?id=487603&layer=&from=subcats

36. ThinkQuest : Library : Indigenous Peoples 2. The student will describe popular games played by native Americans. 3. The student will explain various ceremonies and their religious/social importance http://www.thinkquest.org/library/cat_show.html?cat_id=50

37. South American Indian Religions --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Art The Inca religion combined complex ceremonies, animistic beliefs, belief in In presentday South America, as many as 1,500 distinct native cultures have http://www.britannica.com/ebc/article?eu=380480&query=religions, classification

38. Native American And Amerindian Philosophy At Erratic Impact's Philosophy Researc of life and what its religion and ritual of philosophical issues that affect american indigenous people and the WWW Virtual Library native american Resources. http://www.erraticimpact.com/~topics/html/native_american.htm

Major Topics Index New Book Search Used Book Search 20th Century Names ... Mysticism Native American Non-western Phil. Nothingness Performativity Philosophical Humor ... Being and Vibration by Joseph Rael, Mary Elizabeth Marlow (Contributor) Native American Philosophy Online Resources Texts: Native American Philosophy Texts: Native American Spirituality Used Books: Native American ... Know of a Resource? The Book of Ceremonies : A Native Way of Honoring and Living the Sacred by Gabriel Horn, Carises Horn (Illustrator) In The Book of Ceremonies, Gabriel Horn offers a tapestry of stories, poems, prayers, and love songs describing the sacred Native American way of life and what its religion and ritual can offer spiritual seekers from all backgrounds. The six parts of the book cover preparation for ceremonies greeting the day; acknowledgment and gratitude; marriage and divorce; birth and death; dreams and visions; and seasons and healing. Highlights include a Zuni creation account, an Aztec love song, and an Omaha prayer presenting a new infant. Click here to read more about this book Click here for more books on Native American Philosophy Click here for more Philosophy Books American Indian Philosophy Association American Indian Philosophy Association This is a web page in progress. Please be patient. Press Reload, since things change. Our organization is an association of professional philosophers who seek to encourage the thoughtful and careful articulation, study, and contemplation of philosophical issues that affect American Indigenous people and the communities to which we belong.

39. UN Commission On Human Rights, for spiritual leaders, and traditional ceremonies, even for years in which the native Americans have sought rights upholding freedom of religion for indigenous 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.

40. The My Hero Project - Native American Spirituality through elaborate dancing ceremonies or celebrations on Spiritual Practices Resources on native american Spirituality. the history of religion and religious http://myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=native_am

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