Native American spirituality?

Question

I practice this, but I don't know anyone else who's into it. Are there any official groups or listings where I can meet other people that do?

Answer 1

What do you mean by Native American. I was born and raised in the U.S. I will share my Christianity with you.

Answer 2

What do you mean by 'Native American' spirituality?
I come from a long line of Cherokee Indians & I'm a member of the Echota tribe. Your question is slightly confusing considering it can be taken in different context.
Are you speaking of native Indians? if so, who?
There are many tribes & races of Indians who all hold different beliefs. Many Native American Indians have a chosen religion (christianity, buddism, catholic etc.... ) as most do in this world.
Some but not all still believe in the 'old ways' but even that varies from tribe to tribe. Each has their own customs, beliefs, and languages and unfortunately many tribal cultures where lost a long time ago.
We are not magical people, we are souls holding strong to our faith, beliefs, traditions, and the spirituality of our ancestors, no different than any other race or culture.

So, I hope you can see why the question is slightly vague.
Hope you find what you're looking for and wish I could have assisted you better in your search.

Answer 3

I just have to recommend here the book "Ceremony" by Leslie Marmon Silko. After I read that book, I couldn't get my hands on enough literature about various Native American beliefs. It's fiction, but there's a lot to learn in it and it is written beautifully. It's not very long and quite an easy read, but very enjoyable and spiritually arousing.

Answer 4

If you want to believe in Native Indian spirituality then just read the Bible.

Now some might say, huh? The Indians didn't follow the bible. Ohhh but they did, for the history you know is not the true history.

The creators name is YHWH. This is found on the oldest forms of writing in the world, even older than the Sumerians. This name is also found among Native Indians on items called Keystones. And it is written in ancient Hebrew block letters. A writing that is only found during the times of the 12 tribes.

YHWH most say as YaHWeH today. But the Natives used different vowel points. They said YeHoWaH instead. Even the name of YHWH or Yah can be found in almost every Native Indian chant or dance as well.

Natives use to give their new born babies what is called a Star Blanket. This was to protect them from evil spirits. The star is the Star of David.

The Shawnee Indians have a legand of how they came to the USA. It 100% mimics the story of Moses, desert and the Red sea. The Shawnee are known as the lost tribe of Dan and they even show that. For they created the Serpent Mound in Ohio. Ohio is actually full of Indian mounds. One in the shape of a menorah as well.

The Eastern Natives created a written and verbal language in a matter of 3 days. And it mimics Hebrew. If you know Native languages or Hebrew, you will understand the other. How did people know this language if they were on the other side of the ocean?

Realize who really came to the USA in 1492. Notice what is on the sails then realize what group vanished in 1490 (Knights Templar). Then they slaughtered the Natives. Why? Cause they knew they were a lost tribe of Israel.

These same Knights Templar still control the USA in the form of the Skull n Bones and the American Illuminati. Bush is a member of Skull n Bones and why you see war with Iraq, Iran and that area. For each is a Lost Tribe. Same reason why no one is doing a thing for Darfur. For it too is a lost tribe.

The story of the bible is still going on today, yet few realize it.

Even the Mormons and the original settlers came to the conclusion the Natives were a lost tribe if not many.

Plus the Book of Jasher backs this up along with Deuteronomy 33:22.

Deuteronomy 33:22
And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp:
he shall leap from Bashan.

leap meaning go far away. Jasher backs this up.

All this pagan, non god, barbaric thinking about the Natives Indians is 100% LIES!!!!! Sure there were a few groups who did things wrong, we find that in ALL society. Natives Indians are the most peaceful people on the planet. And until white man came to the USA they did not know what "hate" was.

Feel free to go over my site, I have a few pages of info, prophecies and videos. http://www.QuietBuck.com.

Even Wovoka had visions... and they were Revelation 15:2 along with other passages. If one reads Natives items and prophecies, they will realize they are mimicing the bible.


- Minister "Quiet Buck" Roe aka Nunoyvgvna Awi

Bloodline of Chief Murmuring Ripple of the Attanoughkomouck Tribe, the father of Dashing Stream who is the grandfather of Chief Wahunsenacawh Powhatan. Powhatan was the father of Pocahontas Matoaka Powhatan also known as Lady Rebecca. Chief Running Stream of the Algonquin Tribe who was Chief Powhatans father. As well as Plesant Big Foot King.

Tavchee of the Ailsey Clan, father to the leader of the Chickamangon, Chuqualatague (Chief Doublehead). Principal Chief and Emperor Amotoya Moytoy, the grandfather of SeluSatah also called Princess Cornblossum. Chief Doublehead is SeluSatah’s father. Family blood laid out the Trail of Tears (Nunna daul lsunyi) and were the very scouts on the trail.

Answer 5

It doesn't sound to me like you are Native American yourself or you would have a network of family/friends in the culture. I am also interested in their spirituality and have spent a lot of time on reservations meeting people, going to powwows, and such. If you want the true dirt, go to the source.

Answer 6

Native American spirituality is meant to refer a person's union with nature.... It's kept as an example of how life was before religion.... it's not something one practices it's something one lives... We today unfortunately have a habit of religifying all spiritual experiences.... it's an accountability to the earth... and nature instead of some god....

Answer 7

Sorry I do not. My Native ancestors became Catholic Christians in the 18th century. I only responded because contrary to your first answer, i am not godless and who a heathen is happens to be a matter of perspective.

Answer 8

I don't know about the USA..In Canada most First Nation Peoples have web sites. They could probably give you information.

Answer 9

www.paganism.org comes to mind immediately.
But you might also want to look at Al Gore's Tree-Hugger Association and their ilk.

Answer 10

The following is from my webpages....

Now, there is a lot of garbage and misinformation on the Internet no matter what subject you're talking about, but American Indian religion and spirituality has got to have the worst signal-noise ratio of any of them. The 'information' out there about American Indian religions ranges from inaccurate school projects by seven-year- olds, to deeply biased generalizations about the 'heathens' written 300 years ago, to hucksters pretending to be Native American shamans to scam money off of people, to useful and interesting information about actual American Indian religious traditions past and present. Sorting through these sites can be a nightmare. I wish you a lot of luck with it. Before you start, let me give you a few words of experience.

There are two reasons to be looking for information on Native American religions. The first, and easier to address, is educational. Either because you're a student who's been assigned to or just out of intellectual and cultural curiosity, you would like to learn more about how American Indians, or a particular tribe of American Indians, view the world. If that's you, then your main problem is going to be identifying the authentic and trustworthy sources. Indians are happy to talk about their beliefs and spiritual practices, both historically and in the modern day. Unfortunately, so are plenty of ill-informed non-Indians (or people of Indian descent) who think they know a lot more than they do. And so are those unscrupulous souls willing to pretend they're something they're not in hopes of making a buck or getting a little attention. My best recommendation is to get a Native American book out of the library as well as looking on the Internet, since any quack shaman can put up a website but it's a lot harder to publish a book. I also suggest ignoring and avoiding information about American Indian spirituality presented by anyone:

1. Offering anything religious for sale. Money is never accepted by authentic holy people in exchange for Indian religious ceremonies like sweat lodges or sun dances, nor for religious items like medicine bags or smudged items. (They might sell arts and crafts, of course. Use your common sense--a devout Catholic might sell you a hand-carved crucifix to hang on your wall, for example, but he wouldn't sell communion wafers over the Internet or charge you admission to bring you to his church! Selling dreamcatchers or fetish carvings online is one thing, but don't believe information provided by anyone who is trying to charge people for smudging or blessing anything, making medicine, or letting them take part in a sweat lodge or dance. They are not authentic sources of information.)

2. Inviting you into their religion on their webpage. Authentic Indians may seek to educate strangers online, but actually adopting an outsider as part of their culture is only done face-to-face and after knowing the person for some time.

3. Claiming to be American Indian shamans , talking about tarot cards and Wiccan/pagan things, or talking about crystals and New Age things. I've got nothing against shamanism, paganism, or the New Age, but a cow is not a horse: none of these things are traditionally Native American. Shamanism is a Russian mystic tradition, Wicca is a religion based in pre-Christian European traditions, Tarot readings are an Indo-European divination method, and the New Age is a syncretic belief system invented, as its name suggests, in the modern era. None of them have anything to do with authentic Indian traditions, and anyone who thinks they do is likely to be wrong about anything else he claims about Native American religions as well. Wiccans and New Agers don't have any more knowledge about actual American Indian beliefs than you do.

4. Identifying only as 'Native American' or 'American Indian' (an authentic person would list their actual tribal affiliation). Be a little wary, too, of people trying to speak with authority who identify as "mixed-blood" or "of Indian descent" or having a "Cherokee ancestor." There are certainly some mixed-blood people who were raised in their tribe's culture, but many more were not. A person who has rediscovered his Indian heritage as an adult is a seeker, not a teacher. He is not qualified to speak authoritatively about Native American religion or culture, for he wasn't raised that way and doesn't have any more knowledge about it than anyone else learning about it second-hand--including you.

If you're trying to learn about American Indian religion because you want to become a part of it, though, you not only face that problem, but another, much deeper one as well: American Indian spirituality is not evangelistic. It is private and entirely cultural. You cannot convert to 'Native American' any more than you can convert to being black. (In fact, many Indians--myself included--are Christians in addition to our traditional tribal beliefs, just like many black people are Christian in addition to being black.) The only way to 'join' a Native American spiritual tradition is to become a member of the cultural group, and it's impossible to do that over the Internet. No one who truly believed in American Indian spirituality would ever offer to tutor total strangers in religious matters online, much less charge anyone money for such a thing. So, by definition, the people who make these offers are those who either don't really believe in Native American spirituality, or don't know very much about it. Is that really who you want to be listening to?

On our site, we have generally given people the benefit of the doubt with our links, including websites unless we are sure there is a reason not to. Regarding Native American religion and spirituality, however, we have decided to err on the side of caution instead. Anyone who is looking for a new religion or seeking spiritual truth is a needy individual and I will not contribute to their being used by irresponsible people. If you are reading this page because you are a person in need of religious and spiritual guidance, I urge you strongly to seek out some religions that are evangelistic rather than cultural (one of the many Christian churches, Buddhism, Baha'i; there are many choices) and talk to spiritual leaders there until you find one that can help you. Falling under the influence of a false 'shaman' will only hurt you spiritually.

Since I have put this page up, I have received many anguished emails saying "But my grandmother was part Cherokee... are you telling me to just forget that part of myself? How can I honor my Native ancestors if you won't share your religion with me?" The answer is simple: honor them the way they would want to be honored. Don't pay some new-age guru $250 to perform fake "Native American" rituals that would have offended your ancestors, go physically to their tribe and re-connect with their other descendants. It will be hard work convincing the people there that you are genuine but if you go with humility and patience you will eventually be accepted, and that is the ONLY way you will ever become part of the spiritual tradition you desire. There is no shortcut to that. Native spirituality belongs only to the cultural group, and anyone who tells you otherwise is trying to make some money off of you and/or to take a power trip at your expense.

You've been warned. Good luck, with whatever it is you're looking for. You're probably going to need it.