what do native americans believe about death?

Question

what do U.S native american's do and believe about death.
If you can try to name any tribes or what part of the country they are from.

Answer 1

Because the human beings, my son, they believe everything is alive. Not only man and animals. But also water, earth, stone. That is the way things are. But the white man, they believe EVERYTHING is dead. Stone, earth, animals. And people! Even their own people! If things keep trying to live, white man will rub them out. That is the difference.

Answer 2

The religion of the Cherokees,(Eastern Band) like that of most of our North American tribes, is zootheism or animal worship, with the survival of that earlier stage designated by Powell as hecastotheism, or the worship of all things tangible, and the beginnings of a higher system in which the elements and the great powers of nature are deified. Their pantheon includes gods in the heaven above, on the earth beneath, and in the waters under the earth, but of these the animal gods constitute by far the most numerous class, although the elemental gods are more important. Among the animal gods insects and fishes occupy a subordinate place, while quadrupeds, birds, and reptiles are invoked almost constantly. The uktena (a mythic great horned serpent), the rattlesnake, and the terrapin, the various species of hawk, and the rabbit, the squirrel, and the dog are the principal animal gods. The importance of the god bears no relation to the size of the animal, and in fact the larger animals are but seldom invoked. The spider also occupies a prominent place in the love and life-destroying formulas, his duty being to entangle the soul of his victim in the meshes of his web or to pluck it from the body of the doomed man and drag it way to the black coffin in the Darkening Land. Each spirit of good or evil has its distinct and appropriate place of residence.

Answer 3

i am about 50% native american and live in the u.s. and i have certain beliefs about death which i am not going to mention bc people on answers make rude comments but i am navajo -sorry i couldnt help you much

Answer 4

try doing a little cultural research on the 'net' regarding Native Americans This place is for personal opinions so you don't necessarily get the truth here.

Answer 5

Answer:

They should know a lot about it because they had plenty of time to think about it after the whites wiped out their race.

Is it just me or does anyone here think that all the crazy people showed up on Yahoo Answers today asking stupid questions?

Answer 6

death means end of all

Answer 7

cheyenne- southwest believe if you lead a good life you will be rewarded (go to heaven) we have a wake and bury them

Answer 8

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