Native American mythology
Native American mythology includes a number of stories and legends that are mythological. Native American mythology helps explain or symbolizes Native American beliefs.
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Abenaki Native American tribe located in the northeastern United States. Religious ceremonies are led by shamans, called Medeoulin (Mdawinno).
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Aztec civilization recognized many gods and supernatural creatures.
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Blackfoot tribe of Native Americans who currently live in Montana. They lived west of the Great Lakes and lived in Montana and Alberta and participated in Plains Indian culture.
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Cherokee Native American culture who mainly live in the southeastern United States and in Oklahoma.
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Chippewa tribe of Native Americans located in the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada.
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Creek tribe of Native Americans from the southeastern United States. The shaman was called an Alektca.
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Crow Native Americans live in the Great Plains area of the United States. The shaman of the tribe was known as an Akbaalia ("healer").
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Guarani people of the south-central part of South America, especially the native peoples of Paraguay and parts of the surrounding areas of Argentina, Brazil, and Bolivia.
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Ho-Chunk and Winnebago are tribes of Native Americans, which were once a single tribe living in Wisconsin.
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Hopi tribe of Native Americans located in the southwestern United States.
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Incan myths and legends which survived amongst the native peoples.
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Inuit similarities to the religions of other polar regions. Inuit traditional religious practices could be very briefly summarised as a form of shamanism based on animist principles.
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Wyandot (sometimes formerly referred to as the Huron) are a First Nations/Native American people originally from Ontario, Canada, and surrounding areas.
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Lakota Native American tribe, also known as the Sioux.
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Mayan extensive polytheistic religious beliefs.
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Navajo tribe of Native Americans who live in the southwestern United States.
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Pawnee tribe of Native Americans originally located in Nebraska, United States.
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Seneca tribe was one of the Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy from the northeastern United States.
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Circumpolar religion*
Circumpolar mythology*
Apache Texts*
Chiricahua & Mescalero Apache Texts*
Jicarilla Apache Texts
