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Native American Religions
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Native American religion, mythology and folklore are
covered extensively at this site:
Aztecs
Californian
Inuit
Maya
Plains
Northeastern
Iroquois
Northwestern
Southeastern
Cherokee
Southwestern
Navajo
Zuñi
Hopi
South American
Inca
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A long-standing problem with this section (and several others
at this site relating to traditional peoples' spiritual beliefs)
has been the lack of authoritative information.
We are in the process of expanding this section by
scanning public domain ethnographic accounts
on specific Native American religious and spiritual practices.
We are fortunate that there is a wealth of such material available,
which makes it so much more puzzling why more of it is not
on the Internet yet.
The study of Native Americans by anthroplogists has
had its share of bad science and ethical problems.
However, the texts we are in the process of scanning
were written by 19th and 20th Century ethnographers who were known for
their careful and respectful approach to the people they studied.
These were scholars who lived for years with the people they studied,
and obtained permission to transcribe their oral sacred literature.
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General
These texts cover a wide range of Native Americans or don't
fit into one of the categories above.
Tales of the North American Indians
by Stith Thompson [1929]
The classic cross-cultural Native American folklore study.
The Soul of the Indian
by Charles Eastman [1911] 100,801 bytes
Indian Why Stories
by Frank Linderman [1915]
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Old Indian Legends
by Zitkala-Sa [1901]
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American Indian Fairy Tales
by Margaret Compton [1907]
Authentic Native American lore retold for children over a century ago.