Native Spirituality

Native Spirituality includes a number of stories and legends that are mythological. Native American mythology helps explain or symbolizes Native American beliefs.

Mythologies

  • Abenaki Native American tribe located in the northeastern United States. Religious ceremonies are led by shamans, called Medeoulin (Mdawinno).


  • Aztec civilization recognized many gods and supernatural creatures.


  • Blackfoot tribe of Native Americans who currently live in Montana. They lived west of the Great Lakes and lived in Montana and Alberta and participated in Plains Indian culture.


  • Cherokee Native American culture who mainly live in the southeastern United States and in Oklahoma.


  • Chippewa tribe of Native Americans located in the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada.


  • Creek tribe of Native Americans from the southeastern United States. The shaman was called an Alektca.


  • Crow Native Americans live in the Great Plains area of the United States. The shaman of the tribe was known as an Akbaalia ("healer").


  • Guarani people of the south-central part of South America, especially the native peoples of Paraguay and parts of the surrounding areas of Argentina, Brazil, and Bolivia.


  • Ho-Chunk and Winnebago are tribes of Native Americans, which were once a single tribe living in Wisconsin.


  • Hopi tribe of Native Americans located in the southwestern United States.


  • Incan myths and legends which survived amongst the native peoples.


  • Inuit similarities to the religions of other polar regions. Inuit traditional religious practices could be very briefly summarised as a form of shamanism based on animist principles.


  • Wyandot (sometimes formerly referred to as the Huron) are a First Nations/Native American people originally from Ontario, Canada, and surrounding areas.


  • Lakota Native American tribe, also known as the Sioux.


  • Ohlone mythology, a Native American people in Northern California.

Mayan extensive polytheistic religious beliefs.

  • Miwok mythology, a Native American people in Northern California.


  • Navajo tribe of Native Americans who live in the southwestern United States.


  • Pawnee tribe of Native Americans originally located in Nebraska, United States.


  • Pomo mythology, a Native American people in Northern California.


  • Seneca tribe was one of the Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy from the northeastern United States.

Source: Wikipedia.