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The sacred pipe used by many native peoples of North America is called a .
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The is the one who contacts the spirit world and attempts to manipulate the power of the spirits for one's tribe or group.
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A strong social prohibition is called a .
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is an animal or image of an animal that is considered related to a family or clan and is its guardian or symbol.
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The act of pouring a liquid as an offering to a God is called a .
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An organic, integrated system greater than the sum of its parts is .
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is the term for belief that everything in the universe is somehow alive.
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Inspired by indigenous religions, Harvard biologist E. O. Wilson proposes that we foster biophilia, a .
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The circle is sometimes symbolic of nature and its processes. Black Elk, an Oglala Sioux, points this out in reference to the circular tents of his people called .
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The attempt through trance states to look into the past and future is known as .
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is the act of pouring a liquid as an offering to a god.
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Organic, integrated; indicating a complete system, greater than the sum of its parts; , refers to a culture whose various elements may all have religious meaning.
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is a native tradition in New Zealand.
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A long-stemmed sacred pipe used primarily by many native peoples of North America, a is smoked as a token of peace.
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Popay (Popé), a Pueblo native religious leader, led a revolt against religious oppression in the year .
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The Hawaiian term means "taboo" or "forbidden."
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A is a strong social prohibition.
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The is a native or oral tradition in Africa.
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A visionary of the Oglala Sioux, claims in his dictated autobiography that there is no strong distinction between the human and animal worlds but rather a sense of kinship.
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is the so-called Eskimo culture of Canada.
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Literally "eye-movement", is the traditional Hawaiian observance of the four-month winter period, which refers to the appearance and movement of stars.
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was the name given by the Koyukon people of the Arctic to the holy ancient past in which the gods lived and worked.
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The are a Caucasoid group in northern Japan, especially Hokkaido, known for its animistic beliefs that spirits or spiritual powers are causative in natural events.
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The traditional Dogon religion is .
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The is an animal (or image of animals) that is considered to be related by blood to a family or clan and is its guardian or symbol.
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In Hawaiian culture, the is an esteemed elder who passes what he or she knows (e.g., chants) to worthy disciples.
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A foretelling of the future, can also be a discovery of the unknown by magical means.
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Multistoried villages of indigenous peoples of the American Southwest are called .
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The is an underground chamber used in rituals of some Pueblo peoples.







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