Native American Religions

Native American religions, religious beliefs and sacramental practices of the indigenous peoples of North and South America. Until the 1950s it was commonly assumed that the religions of the surviving Native Americans were little more than curious anachronisms, dying remnants of humankind's childhood.

A description and brief history of the Native American religion.

Native American religions are the spiritual practices of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. Traditional Native American ceremonial ways can vary widely, and are based on the differing histories and beliefs of individual tribes, clans and bands. Early European explorers describe individual Native American tribes and even small bands as each having their own religious practices.

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Native Americans did not consider their spirituality, ceremonies, and rituals as religion the way that white settlers did, rather, they believed their practices formed an integral and seamless part of their very being.

This week's guest editor, Antony Hegarty, is a fan of the book The Spirit and the Flesh. He asked its author, Walter L Williams, to write a feature for the Guardian/music on the 'two-spirit' tradition in Native American culture.

The idea that the United States has always been a bastion of religious freedom is reassuring-and utterly at odds with the historical record.

Ignore the hysteria against Indiana's religious freedom bill. Here are 10 actual Americans who used religious freedom legislation to fight for their rights.

We have to ask ourselves whether culture, race or DNA forever determines our spiritual path. Does someone's own cultural and spiritual heritage prevent them from understanding what other traditions truly mean?

The American Indian Religious Freedom Act, Public Law No - U.S.C. 1996, is a United States federal law, enacted by joint resolution of the Congress in 1978.