2007-01-04 06:38:04 · 12 answers · asked by northernman_free 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
you will find that it depends on the native American and which America you are referring too.
When I have the time, I'll update this.
2007-01-04 06:42:02 · answer #1 · answered by whatotherway 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
there is a wide variety of spirituality among native Americans today. Some are Christian. Some follow traditional beliefs. Some follow a mix of beliefs. A good place to start is noted below.
2007-01-04 14:43:36 · answer #2 · answered by SAMUEL ELI 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a common stereotype pegs primal religions as polytheistic, and that is not altogether wrong if the word tokens that the divine can congeal in hallowed places and alight on specific objects. but this has nothing to do with the flat, Olympian, and Mediterranean polytheism generally that the Bible had to content with; nor does it militate against a single Ultimate of which the many gods are instantiations or expressions...the issue is not whether tribal peoples explicitly identify a Supreme Being who coordinates the gods but instead, whether they sense such a being whether they name and personify it or not. they evidence suggests that they do...they worship him through his creation for he is everything in his creation...the various forms of his creation has some of his spirit within them...
perhaps the most salient feature of these religions are their spiritual mentality or its symbolist mentality. the symbolist vision sees the things of the world as transparent to their divine source. an example: a tribesman points out that the circles in spider webs are sticky, whereas its radii are not. this means, he said, that if you wander from side to side in life you get stuck, but if you move toward its center you don't
2007-01-05 10:38:25 · answer #3 · answered by izaboe 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Each tribe or major group had it's own version of how the Universe came to be and the spirits that ran it. One of the most common similarities is that most believed in a single great spirit or creator god that was above the other powers.
2007-01-04 14:42:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
It differed among the tribes. Which one are you interested in following?
2007-01-04 14:42:07 · answer #5 · answered by Eds 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A general answer to this general questions is simply nature itself.
2007-01-04 14:41:21 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what nation. But generally it is a pantheism of a sort.
2007-01-04 14:43:05 · answer #7 · answered by paloma 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it varies upon the region, but most believed in worshiping nature and in praying to their elders and spirits.
2007-01-04 14:41:38 · answer #8 · answered by happyinblue 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Shamanism. It's polytheism at it's finest.
2007-01-04 14:41:13 · answer #9 · answered by Cold Fart 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Does it really matter ? If they are good at heart ,it doesn`t matter to me if they are Atheists.
2007-01-04 14:45:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋