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Native American religions,[1][2] Native American faith[3] or American Indian religions[4][5] are the indigenous spiritual practices of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas.[1][3][4][5][6][7] Ceremonial ways can vary widely and are based on the differing histories and beliefs of individual nations, tribes and bands. Early European explorers describe individual Native American tribes and even small bands as each having their own religious practices. Theology may be monotheistic, polytheistic, henotheistic, animistic, shamanistic, pantheistic or any combination thereof, among others. Traditional beliefs are usually passed down in the oral tradition forms of myths, oral histories, stories, allegories, and principles.[8][9][10]
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- ^ Brown 1982.
- ^ Smith, Derek G. (December 3, 2011). "Religion and Spirituality of Indigenous Peoples in Canada". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
- ^ VÁzquez 1987.
- ^ Kelley 2005.
- ^ Pearce 2012.