A range of topics are offered, including 'Culture', 'Myths', Spiritual Heritage, Dakota Spirituality, and 'Women's Issues'. At the fourth site, may be found an interesting quote from Pope John Paul II urging his 15,000 native listeners to keep alive their culture, language, & customs, for "These things benefit not only yourselves but the entire human family."

By Kristi DiClemente, this is a comparative study of the lives of women among the Aztec, Inca, and Cheyenne peoples of the Americas. In these societies women are said to have been treated very differently. In respect of religion, DiClemente says of women that "…no matter how unimportant they were in society [they] played a huge role in the worship of the many gods of the New World."

Overview of the histories of some of the larger and smaller tribes of North America. Excellent site.

An extremely extensive resource for individual American Indian tribes.

This page raises the question of what Native American religion is. The author suggests that given the disruption wrought upon indigenous life and culture by Europeans over several centuries, this is a question difficult to answer today. Nevertheless, in addition to this 'Background' discussion, links are provided on the subjects of 'Ritual', 'Myth', 'Doctrine', 'Ethics', 'Society', and 'Experience' (religious experience). An interesting and useful series of discussions.

By Christine Leigh Heyrman at the Department of History, University of Delaware, this page is a guide to the "challenging task" of teaching Native American religion, and has been included here because, though brief, certain ideas and observations have been made that may be helpful to anyone new to Native American studies. Whilst acknowledging that "Indian systems of belief and ritual were as legion as the tribes inhabiting North America," Heyrman offers three preliminary generalizations that she hopes "might, with luck, prove more useful than misleading." Under 'Historians Debate' she also makes the point that the attitudes informing the telling of Native American history has changed over time, and this is an issue that any student of the subject must be aware of.

This site includes, for example, information on beads & beadwork, the native use of plants & trees, Porcupine quills, traditional food & recipes, and many links to other 'nativetech' resources.

This page provides links to Native American origin/creation stories of four Indian nations, to a discussion of the Mide', described as the "native religion of the Chippewa", and to several historical documents. These latter include a complete version of the Iroquois Constitution, President Andrew Jackson's Second Annual Message, which lays out his intentions for the removal of the 'civilised nations' from their lands, and the Dawes Act of 1887 [a.k.a the 'Allotment Act'], which was intended both to accrue more Indian land for 'Whites', and to facilitate the assimilation of native peoples. Some of the subjects listed are not yet accessible, and the link 'The Conflict with Europeans' is not currently working (16.12.02).

'The Symbolic Role of Animals in the Plains Indian Sun Dance', by anthropologist & veterinarian Elizabeth Atwood Lawrence, 1993. After discussing the Sun Dance in general terms, Lawrence focuses upon the Eagle and Buffalo symbolism in the ceremony, 'Animals in the Plains Indian World View', and the themes of sacrifice, integration, reciprocity, and regeneration in the Sun Dance. A very interesting discussion. See also the Sun Dance by the same author, which discusses the dance in more general terms and includes several images.

This page is part of 'The Internet Sacred Text Archive', established to promote "religious tolerance and scholarship." Provided here are links to scholarly works on Aztec Religion, Native Californian Religion, Cherokee Religion, Hopi Religion, Inca Religion, Iroquois Religion, and Navajo, Plains, and Zuñi Religions. Contributors include, among others, James Mooney (1890-1900); H.R. Voth (1905); Arthur Parker (1913); Lewis Spence (1913); James Walker (1917); Ruth Benzel (1929-1930); and Aileen O'Bryan (1956).

This treaty, made with twelve Native American tribes, was made "To put an end to a destructive war, to settle all controversies, and to restore harmony and friendly intercourse between the said United States and Indian tribes…"