The Native American Sweat Lodge, Temazcal, is an ancient practice from the native indians of America; a sacred ritual for Healing and Purification. Participants at the Oneness Festival will be able to experience this very powerful ritual both at day time, and, when it is as most powerful, at night time.

Read more here: » Sweat Lodge: Temazcal I/III - The Traditional Mexican Sweat Bath

The Native American Sweat Lodge, Temazcal, is an ancient practice from the native indians of America; a sacred ritual for Healing and Purification. Participants at the Oneness Festival will be able to experience this very powerful ritual both at day time, and, when it is as most powerful, at night time.

Read more here: » Sweat Lodge: Temazcal II/III - Mexican Method of Sweat Baths for Curative Purposes

The Native American Sweat Lodge, Temazcal, is an ancient practice from the native indians of America; a sacred ritual for Healing and Purification. Participants at the Oneness Festival will be able to experience this very powerful ritual both at day time, and, when it is as most powerful, at night time.

Read more here: » Temazcal III/III - Preparation of the Temazcal

Maria Yraceburu, Quero Apache Indian, share the prophecy of Hope from her people. A prophecy that tells us that we live in the midst of a time a great change and transformation of the World as we now it.

Read more here: » Prophecy: Wisdom of the Rainbow Serpent - Prophecy of the Apache Indians

Presentation of the Spiritual Reatreats in The Golden City.

Read more here: » Spiritual Retreats - A retreat for Enlightenment

A blood ritual is any ritual that involves the intentional release of blood. A common blood ritual is the blood brother ritual, which is rumored to be Native American in origin. Two people, typically male, cut or poke the pads of their thumbs (or another part of the hand), causing them to bleed, then press the pads of their thumbs to one another's. This ritualizes the two people involved becoming brothers in a symbolic way. Obviously this is an unsafe ...

Read more here: » Blood ritual: Encyclopedia - Blood ritual

Black drink was the name given by colonists to a ritual beverage called Asi brewed by Native Americans in the Southeastern United States. It was prepared from the roasted leaves and stems of the Yaupon Holly, native to the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. The active ingredient in the drink was caffeine. The beverage was often used as a substitute for coffee and tea by colonists under the name cassine or cassina. Prior to the nineteenth century, this beverage was consumed during the daily deliberations of the village councils an ...

Read more here: » Black drink: Encyclopedia - Black drink

This article is about the Native American sacred structure. For the cartoon character, see Megas XLR. A kiva is a room used by modern Puebloans for religious rituals. Among the modern Hopi and most other Pueblo peoples, kivas are now square-walled and above-ground, and are used for spiritual ceremonies. Similar subterranean rooms among the Ancient Pueblo Peoples of the Pueblo I Era and following, designated by the Pecos Classification system developed by archaeologists, were usually round, and generally believed to have been used ...

Including:

• Kiva - Reference

Read more here: » Kiva: Encyclopedia - Kiva

Yopo, Anadenanthera peregrina, (also known as Cohoba, Nopo, Ñopo), is a native South American tree as well as an entheogen used in healing and rituals. The beans of the tree are either ground with a mortar and pestle into a powder or moistened and rolled into a hard paste with some lime. In some areas the beans are also smoked. The trees grow in open plain areas, and leaves, bark and seeds contain DMT, 5-MeO-DMT and related compounds ...

Including:

• Yopo - Related Species
• Yopo - Usage
• Yopo - Books

Read more here: » Yopo: Encyclopedia - Yopo

American culture can be interpreted as being largely based on Western culture and British culture, with influences from the native peoples, Africans brought to the U.S. as slaves, and to a lesser extent other more recent immigrants from Asia and elsewhere. Additionally, due to its large size and the value placed on individualism, there are many integrated but unique subcultures within the U.S. Culture of the United States - Attitudes. The formative years of the United States were the late 18th century when the cou ...

Including:

• Culture of the United States - Attitudes
• Culture of the United States - Society and economic attitudes
• Culture of the United States - Relationship to other countries/cultures
• Culture of the United States - Body contact and expression
• Culture of the United States - Names
• Culture of the United States - Intra-national allegiances
• Culture of the United States - Food
• Culture of the United States - Popular Culture
• Culture of the United States - Technology and Gadgets
• Culture of the United States - Tobacco and other drugs
• Culture of the United States - Sports
• Culture of the United States - Clothing
• Culture of the United States - Education
• Culture of the United States - Public education
• Culture of the United States - Private education
• Culture of the United States - Higher education
• Culture of the United States - Language
• Culture of the United States - Religion
• Culture of the United States - Work and jobs
• Culture of the United States - Housing
• Culture of the United States - Romantic relationships
• Culture of the United States - Marriage ceremonies
• Culture of the United States - Divorce
• Culture of the United States - Death rituals
• Culture of the United States - Gender roles
• Culture of the United States - Family arrangements
• Culture of the United States - Nuclear family living patterns
• Culture of the United States - Single-parent living patterns
• Culture of the United States - Regional distinctions
• Culture of the United States - Variations

Read more here: » Culture of the United States: Encyclopedia - Culture of the United States

Native American Spirituality

The religious beliefs, practices, and rituals associated with Native Americans.

Early Native American beliefs, though diverse, often shared common religious ideas. Many believed in a ÒGreat Spirit,Ó that nature in all of its forms possesses spirits, and that all life is interconnected.

Seasons and moons often were viewed as marking times of evocation for spirits and prosperity.

Some New Age believers promote revival of Native American spirituality, seeing obvious parallels with their own views.

(See also: Native American Spirituality, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Native American Spirituality

The religious beliefs, practices, and rituals associated with Native Americans.

Early Native American beliefs, though diverse, often shared common religious ideas. Many believed in a ÒGreat Spirit,Ó that nature in all of its forms possesses spirits, and that all life is interconnected.

Seasons and moons often were viewed as marking times of evocation for spirits and prosperity.

Some New Age believers promote revival of Native American spirituality, seeing obvious parallels with their own views.

(See also: Native American Spirituality, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Sweat Lodge

Native American spiritual ritual associated with spiritual purification ceremonies and rites.

(See also: Sweat Lodge, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Smudging - Waving a smoldering handful of herbs around a person, as a ritual cleansing gesture. An American practice adopted from Native Americans, though the Native American practice itself is said to have arisen only in the past hundred years.

(See also: Smudging, Pagan, Wicca Pagan Dictionary)

Shamanism/Shamanic Healing: Many people associate shamanic healing with the use of Native American rituals to help correct a spiritual or physical imbalance within a person. However, every culture has its shamanic healing rituals in its spiritual traditions, and today shamanic healers in North America may draw from Tibetan rituals or African teachings as easily as from Native American thought.

(See also: Shamanic Healing, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

Communal smoking of a sacred tobacco pipe was a universal ritual through Native America. Native Americans considered tobacco a sacred part of their religion. It was grown for ceremonial use and considered the ultimate sacred plant. Tobacco smoke was believed to carry prayers to the heavens. These rituals were performed, on average, no more than once a month, which differs widely from modern smoking, which is much more frequent and usually devoid of spiritual significance. The tobacco used during these rituals varied widely in potency -- the ...

See also:

Tobacco smoking, Tobacco smoking - History, Tobacco smoking - Health effects, Tobacco smoking - Smoking cessation, Tobacco smoking - Moral aspects, Tobacco smoking - Legal issues & Regulation, Tobacco smoking - Notes

Read more here: » Tobacco smoking: Encyclopedia II - Tobacco smoking - Moral aspects

Communal smoking of a sacred tobacco pipe was a universal ritual through Native America. Native Americans considered tobacco a sacred part of their religion. It was grown for ceremonial use and considered the ultimate sacred plant. Tobacco smoke was believed to carry prayers to the heavens. These rituals were performed, on average, no more than once a month, which differs widely from modern smoking, which is much more frequent and usually devoid of spiritual significance. The tobacco used during these rituals varied widely in potency ...

See also:

Tobacco smoking, Tobacco smoking - History, Tobacco smoking - Health effects, Tobacco smoking - Smoking cessation, Tobacco smoking - Moral and religious considerations, Tobacco smoking - Legal issues & Regulation, Tobacco smoking - Notes

Read more here: » Tobacco smoking: Encyclopedia II - Tobacco smoking - Moral and religious considerations

In the United States, the first haircut is considered a milestone for a baby which is often marked by saving the cut hair. The age at which the first haircut occurs varies widely, depending on cultural and religious background, and on the baby's amount of hair. In the 19th century, the first haircut marked the time when boys would begin to look different from girls. First haircut - Native American babies. Some Native American tribes commemorated the first haircut with a ritualistic dance. The Apache tribe had a spring-time ritual. < ...

See also:

First haircut, First haircut - United States babies, First haircut - Native American babies, First haircut - African American boys, First haircut - Orthodox and Hasidic Jewish boys, First haircut - Israeli boys, First haircut - Hasidic Jewish women, First haircut - Indian babies, First haircut - Hindu babies, First haircut - Kashmiri babies, First haircut - Chinese babies, First haircut - Ukrainian babies

Read more here: » First haircut: Encyclopedia II - First haircut - United States babies

Definition and meaning of Indian policies

Indian policies - [Social Studies]

Since the arrival of Columbus in North America, Native Americans have faced European diseases, expansion, and competitiveness. Conflict over the rights of settlers to locate on land occupied by Native Americans prompted wars with tribes throughout the east and west. The traditions of Native Americans disappeared as they were removed from their homelands, isolated on reservations, and forced to abandon their rituals. The Bureau of Indian Affairs, established to care for the Indians, was challenged to make their lives on reservations bearable. In efforts to assimilate Native Americans, Congress passed the Dawes Act in 1887. It dissolved many tribes as legal entities, did away with tribal ownership of land, and gave heads of individual families 160 acres. If they cooperated, they secured title and citizenship in 25 years, a period of time later extended. Many Native Americans refused to comply with the act and stayed on their reservation land. All Native Americans were not granted citizenship until 1924. The idea of destroying tribal culture to further assimilation remained an aspect of federal policy until the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 which attempted to restore the tribal basis of life as a way to realize social and economic reform. After World War II, the federal government again reduced aid to Indian reservations and confiscated more land. In the 1960s, following the example set by African Americans in their quest for civil rights, Native Americans formed the American Indian Movement to.

(Source: The Social Studies Center at Texas University )

Also see these pages:  Social Studies, Social Studies Sitemap, History, History Sitemap

For more dictionary entries, see » Native American Rituals Dictionary

Definition and meaning of Indian policies

Indian policies - [Social Studies]

Since the arrival of Columbus in North America, Native Americans have faced European diseases, expansion, and competitiveness. Conflict over the rights of settlers to locate on land occupied by Native Americans prompted wars with tribes throughout the east and west. The traditions of Native Americans disappeared as they were removed from their homelands, isolated on reservations, and forced to abandon their rituals. The Bureau of Indian Affairs, established to care for the Indians, was challenged to make their lives on reservations bearable. In efforts to assimilate Native Americans, Congress passed the Dawes Act in 1887. It dissolved many tribes as legal entities, did away with tribal ownership of land, and gave heads of individual families 160 acres. If they cooperated, they secured title and citizenship in 25 years, a period of time later extended. Many Native Americans refused to comply with the act and stayed on their reservation land. All Native Americans were not granted citizenship until 1924. The idea of destroying tribal culture to further assimilation remained an aspect of federal policy until the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 which attempted to restore the tribal basis of life as a way to realize social and economic reform. After World War II, the federal government again reduced aid to Indian reservations and confiscated more land. In the 1960s, following the example set by African Americans in their quest for civil rights, Native Americans formed the American Indian Movement to.

(Source: The Social Studies Center at Texas University )

Also see these pages:  Social Studies, Social Studies Sitemap, History, History Sitemap

For more dictionary entries, see » Native American Rituals Dictionary