indigeneous religions
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Ancient Hawaaians
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Native American
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Medicine Wheel
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Inuit (Eskimo)
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Aborigines-Austrailia
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Maori of New Zealand
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African Religions
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Obstacles of Appreciation Aaappreciation
scholars concentrated on written texts
stories, rituals, ceremonies, sandpaintings, songs
prayers, dance, masks, wood sculpture
permanence vs. impermanence
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Modern recovery of indigenous religions
Efforts of scholars in anthropology - experience
Ecological movement-David Suzuki, Wisdom of the Elders, insightful lessons of human/nature relationship
Ecologist-Paul Ehrlich-quasireligious approach
Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson proposes biophilia, a love of life “We must rediscover our kin, the other animals and plants with whom we share the planet.”
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learning from patterns
Human Relationship With the Natural World
Sacred Time and Sacred Space
Respect for Origins, Gods, and Ancestors
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Human relationship with nature
Respectful relationship with nature
Animism-everything is alive
Life force is in every-thing--trees, plants, animals, humans
One reality-wakan
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Sacred Time
Time of eternity; dream time (Aboringenes); distant time (Koyukon-Arctic)
Sacred time is cyclical, returning to origins for renewal-ancestors and myths
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Sacred space
Doorway to the other world of gods, ancestors, wisdom, strength and power
May encompass a great mountain, volcano, valley, lake, forest, single large tree
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respect for origins, gods, ancestors
ORIGINS-cosmic tales of origins
GODS-in stories and nature; altars and imagery dedicated to deity are not common
ANCESTORS-com-munication w/ dead
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Sacred Practices in Indigenous Religions
• Rituals are basic way to live in harmony with each other and nature
• Life Cycle Ceremonies
• Taboo and Sacrifice
• Shamanism, Trance, and Spiritual Powers
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Threats to Indigenous Religions Today
• Global spread of popular culture
• Loss of natural lands and environments
• Loss of native languages
• Conversion to other religions
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Resolution of Apology to Native People
• The Faith & Politics Institute and the National Congress of American Indians, reps from six tribes
• acknowledged the wrongdoing of the Federal Government
• signed by President Obama, January 2009
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President Obama Signs Tribal Law and Order Act
of 2010• end rape and sexual
assault of Native and Alaska women
• more than 1 in 3 Native women will be raped; 86% by non-native perpetrators
• restores authority, resources, and info to Tribal governments
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Indigenous Communities Held Hostage in Brazil
• In 2009 the Guarani Kalowa Y’poi was violently evicted from ancestral land
• kidnapping/murder
• In April 2010 the tribe members managed to reoccupy land, but immediately deprived of movement - gun threats