Plains Indian religions
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Plains Indian religions are the traditional spiritual beliefs and ceremonial practices of the Indigenous peoples of the North American Great Plains, emphasizing sacred relationships with the land, animals, and powerful spirit beings through rituals such as the Sun Dance and vision quests.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lakota spirituality | 5 |
| Lakota traditional religion | 3 |
| Blackfoot traditional religion | 1 |
| Cheyenne traditional religion | 1 |
| Pawnee traditional religion | 1 |
| Plains Indian religions canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Plains Indian religions Context triple: [Native American religions, relatedTo, Plains Indian religions]
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Native American religions
Native American religions are diverse indigenous spiritual traditions of the peoples of the Americas, typically emphasizing a sacred relationship with the land, ancestors, and natural forces through rituals, stories, and communal practices.
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Longhouse religion
Longhouse religion is a 19th-century revitalization movement among the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee), blending traditional Native beliefs with selected Christian elements to promote cultural renewal and moral reform.
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Plains Indians
The Plains Indians were diverse Native American peoples of the Great Plains known for their nomadic buffalo-hunting cultures, horse-centered lifestyles, and distinctive tipi dwellings.
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Native American Church
The Native American Church is a syncretic religious movement among various Indigenous peoples of North America that combines traditional Native spiritual practices with elements of Christianity, often centered around the ceremonial use of peyote.
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E.
Polynesian indigenous religions
Polynesian indigenous religions are the traditional spiritual belief systems of Polynesian peoples, centered on ancestor veneration, nature deities, and complex mythologies that explain the origins and order of the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Plains Indian religions Target entity description: Plains Indian religions are the traditional spiritual beliefs and ceremonial practices of the Indigenous peoples of the North American Great Plains, emphasizing sacred relationships with the land, animals, and powerful spirit beings through rituals such as the Sun Dance and vision quests.
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A.
Native American religions
Native American religions are diverse indigenous spiritual traditions of the peoples of the Americas, typically emphasizing a sacred relationship with the land, ancestors, and natural forces through rituals, stories, and communal practices.
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B.
Longhouse religion
Longhouse religion is a 19th-century revitalization movement among the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee), blending traditional Native beliefs with selected Christian elements to promote cultural renewal and moral reform.
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C.
Plains Indians
The Plains Indians were diverse Native American peoples of the Great Plains known for their nomadic buffalo-hunting cultures, horse-centered lifestyles, and distinctive tipi dwellings.
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D.
Native American Church
The Native American Church is a syncretic religious movement among various Indigenous peoples of North America that combines traditional Native spiritual practices with elements of Christianity, often centered around the ceremonial use of peyote.
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E.
Polynesian indigenous religions
Polynesian indigenous religions are the traditional spiritual belief systems of Polynesian peoples, centered on ancestor veneration, nature deities, and complex mythologies that explain the origins and order of the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American religion
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indigenous religion ⓘ spiritual tradition ⓘ |
| affectedBy |
Christian missionary activity
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European colonization ⓘ U.S. and Canadian government suppression of ceremonies ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion |
Great Plains
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Great Plains ⓘ
surface form:
North American Plains
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| centralCeremony | Sun Dance ⓘ |
| centralPractice | vision quest ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
balance between physical and spiritual worlds
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communal responsibility in ritual life ⓘ harmony with nature ⓘ respect for animals used in subsistence ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
communal renewal
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guardian spirits ⓘ ritual purification ⓘ sacred directions ⓘ sacred landscape features ⓘ sacred songs and dances ⓘ sacred vows ⓘ vision as source of spiritual power ⓘ |
| hasContemporaryForm |
revitalized ceremonial practices
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syncretic practices with Christianity ⓘ |
| hasCoreBelief |
existence of powerful spirit beings
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interconnectedness of all life ⓘ reciprocity between humans and the spirit world ⓘ sacred relationship with animals ⓘ sacred relationship with the land ⓘ |
| includesRitual |
Sun Dance
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fasting ⓘ healing ceremony ⓘ mourning and memorial rites ⓘ naming ceremonies ⓘ offerings to spirits ⓘ pipe ceremony ⓘ prayer with tobacco ⓘ seasonal ceremonies ⓘ sweat lodge ceremony ⓘ vision quest ⓘ warrior societies’ ceremonies ⓘ |
| practicedBy |
Plains Indians
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surface form:
Indigenous peoples of the North American Great Plains
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| practicedByGroup |
Arapaho
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Arikara ⓘ Blackfoot ⓘ Cheyenne ⓘ Comanche ⓘ Crow ⓘ Dakota ⓘ Hidatsa people ⓘ
surface form:
Hidatsa
Kiowa people ⓘ
surface form:
Kiowa
Lakota ⓘ Mandan ⓘ Nakota ⓘ Omaha ⓘ Pawnee ⓘ |
| transmittedBy |
ceremonial instruction
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oral tradition ⓘ |
| usesSacredObject |
ceremonial pipe
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drums ⓘ feathered regalia ⓘ medicine bundles ⓘ rattles ⓘ |
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Subject: Plains Indian religions Description of subject: Plains Indian religions are the traditional spiritual beliefs and ceremonial practices of the Indigenous peoples of the North American Great Plains, emphasizing sacred relationships with the land, animals, and powerful spirit beings through rituals such as the Sun Dance and vision quests.
Referenced by (12)
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