Native American Beliefs

Civilized people are polite, well mannered, and their culture, and morals are more advanced than normal. People who are civilized are always respectful of themselves and other people, and are completely honest. Most importantly, civilized people care about other people along with themselves. On the contrary, uncivilized people are savages who are cruel, and barbarous. Savages do not think twice about their horrible actions, and they are very ruthless.

Every country and nation has they own special festivals and music, and Native American is no exception. First, the native music related many aspects such as ritual, life and work. They like to combine music with dance, and the Native American music always created rich percussion instruments. For example, the hand drum, log drum, water drum and rattle, etc. Powwow is an important festival and ritual for the Native American, and it is a symbol for the tradition culture of Native Indians. Powwow, is a social gathering by the Native American tribes, and they singing and dancing. Powwow is not only a method that the Native American expresses the enthusiasm of the life and peace, but also enhances the sense of identity and cohesion. Hence,

The Native American’s way of living was different from the Europeans. They believed that man is ruled by respect and reverence for nature and that nature is an

The differences between the Native American and European worldviews were shown through their beliefs in religion, everyday living, and stance on nature and resources. Although the two groups had many differences, they tried to be at peace with each other and they succeeded in most areas except a few. The areas where there was not peace led to fighting and destruction. The first difference in their worldviews was religion. The Native Americans worshiped nature, spirits of birds, bears, and wolves.

More often than not Native Americans have been seen as savage, stupid, and unaware beings. In reality they were kind, intelligent, and rather creative humans. The way indians did certain things was intelligent and innovative. Whenever the Native Americans wanted canoes, dishes, bows, or buildings they would have to cut down if not one, multiple trees.

Europeans often thought Native Americans on one hand vicious cannibals, with no social organization, but on another hand pictured Indian society as being orderly, advanced, and civilized. There are three famous sixteenth- century pictures. Showing that Indians were civilized people.

These natives first inhabiting america lived very similar lives from one another. Most natives hail from an extended family. The tribes took agriculture, hunting, and beliefs very seriously. They all seemed to adapt to environmental changes as time went on in their settlements. Of course when natives first got to America they all experienced different hardships, but overcame them in their own ways. As I read chapter one, by the end of it I realized that most of the tribes individually contributed their knowledge to overcome hardships in history. And they shared these contributions with one another to help each community grow. For instance, Mayans created their numerical system, and Indicas with their irrigation systems, etc. These natives seemed to all have great work ethic, a will to live, and a will to express their beliefs. They all settled areas of untouched land, and created their own societies, and their own futures. American natives banded together to create opportunity, and sought after a better life for themselves. Pre- Columbian Native Americans were not the savages the Europeans described them to be. Native Americans were intelligent, hard working, and misunderstood

Many of the conflicts between Native Americans and Europeans were due in part to a difference in what is means to be civilized. Because the Native Americans were living differently than the Europeans, they were deemed "uncivilized' and taken advantage of. However, the Native Americans had most of the essential parts of a civilization. For example, Natives had a form of religion as well as arts and architecture such as longhouses and feather headdresses, a

They depended on the buffalo to survive. As the buffalos herds kept across the plains in search of new grass to graze on, the Indians had to follow them

Although these cases are common in the east and among native populations, the west also has its share of similar experiences. The Abrahamic religions that dominate the west tend not to accept reincarnation, but rather in “afterlives” where the soul goes to live eternally after leaving the body. Additionally, some religions do not have any belief in a soul or consciousness at all, concluding instead that whatever we are dies along with the physical body. Regardless, past life accounts happen even in these populations. Research done in European societies found that the essential features of these cases are very similar to the ones found in Asia, Africa, and among some Native American groups. Some of these similarities include very young age,

The North American community in today’s worlds has embraced Christianity, Muslim and other popular religious beliefs. Finding the ancient religious practices in action is rare, but not impossible. The communities had their own believes concerning gods and philosophies of good and evil before they were colonized. The communities have lost most of their beliefs and practices as they took place in the earlier community to popular religions which were introduced during and after the colonialism periods (Bonvillain and Porter 23-43).

To discover the basis of elementary religion, we must further dig into the totemic beliefs people once had to get to the point where we are today. However, to understand how our society was constructed. Australian tribes were generally the ones to believe in totemic but, they were not originally the first to find totemic beliefs. One of the first people to discover totem were the North American Indians. In fact, the civilization was more advanced in Indian tribes than of Australian cults. “The technology has become more developed, the people live in houses or tents and there are even fortified villages. The social density is greater, and centralization, which is altogether absent in Australia.” (Durkheim 93). The reason why North American Indians

When Europeans first set foot upon the shores of what is now the United States they brought with them a social structure which was fundamentally based around their concept and understanding of Western European Christianity. That the indigenous peoples might already have a thriving civilization, including religious beliefs and practices, that closely paralleled the beliefs and practices of European civilization, was a concept not considered by these early explorers and settlers. This European lack of cultural understanding created tensions, between Native Americans and Europeans, and later between Native Americans and Euro-Americans, that eventually erupted into open warfare and resulted in great bloodshed between cultures. For the Lakota

It would be devastating if my tribe was to find out years later that they were involved in a scientific study that they knew nothing about. For most tribal communities, it is important to respect their culture and their beliefs. Scientists do not have the right to offend a tribal community, even if it was unintentional and due to ignorance regarding the taboo topics within the tribe from the researchers. For many reasons, it is important to inform the tribe and the individuals who donate their DNA samples exactly what their samples will be used for. Tribal communities are unlike many modern communities. Tribal communities carry much pride in their history, their culture, and their beliefs. Offending

The Native American tribe known as Blackfoot, is not really talked about. It was never really a big tribe that made a large name for itself. The Blackfoot Indians have the same government as most tribes, and it has an interesting social organization. The Blackfoots also have some special customs and traditions, along with their art and literature. The Native American government can be a little complicated, but once it's explained it becomes clearer.