RELIGION / Native American

Paper · Semantic Scholar

Objectives Culturally grounded approaches to commercial tobacco use (CTU) prevention among Native American youth remain limited. This pilot study evaluated the feasibility and acceptability of the Talking Circle Intervention (TCI) and explored preliminary trends in CTU and Native Reliance (cultural identity). Method A one-group pretest-posttest design was utilized with a community-based participatory research approa…

Reference · Wikidata

the systems of faith and worship of the Native Americans

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

Native American religions, Native American faith or American Indian religions are the Indigenous spiritual practices of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Ceremonial practices involve sacred, spiritual, cultural traditions that can differ slightly among the indigenous groups of the continent. Early European explorers describe some communities, now labelled Native American tribes in the USA and small First Natio…

Book · DOAB

In Native Americans and the Christian Right, Andrea Smith advances social movement theory beyond simplistic understandings of social-justice activism as either right-wing or left-wing and urges a more open-minded approach to the role of religion in social movements. In examining the interplay of biblical scripture, gender, and nationalism in Christian Right and Native American activism, Smith rethinks the nature of …

Full text · Open Library

Surveys the various religions of different groups of Native Americans.

Image · DPLA

This qualitative study examines the experiences and perceptions of non-Native American people who practice Native American religion. Semi-structured interviews with ten participants, all of whom identify as Caucasian or White, reveal a series of strategies to avoid or dismiss critiques of cultural appropriation. These strategies include, but are not limited to: neoliberal values, the practice of spiritual materialis…