Exam 2: Indigenous Sacred Ways

Native peoples consider themselves caretakers of their mother, the earth.

Among many indigenous religious, the cosmos is thought to contain and be affected by numerous divinities, spirits, and also ancestors.

The Yup'ik of southwestern Alaska know animals as __________.

Compare any two indigenous cultures discussed in this chapter. What do they share in common? How are they different? Is it possible, based on these two examples, to develop a general description of indigenous lifeways?

A common theme in indigenous lifeways is developing an appropriate relationship with spiritual energy.

Among peoples who perceive kinship with all creation, a striking feature of the natural environment - such as a great mountain - may be perceived as the center from which the whole world was created.

In most native cultures, spiritual lifeways are shared through written documents.

Drumming is spiritually important to the Yoruba because it __________.

The Indigenous American practice of cleansing sites and "possessions" with smoke from special herbs is called __________.

Indigenous religious practices are often interwoven with the practices of a global religion.

__________ for all life is the attitude held by Indigenous elders.