REL-1010 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Absolution, Ojibwe Language, Piano
29 Jan 2018
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Indigenous regions of north americans: extremely diverse, lost to history (no records, not relics of past, but ever changing, over 700 nations recognized today in the us, no written record, told stories and passed them down. Limited vision of origin: sparse accounts and diverse individual stories, 300-1519 mayan civilizations, 1100-1519 aztec civilization thrives. Conquest, colonization and christianity: conquest+colonization (1492 and on, 1513/1517 spanish into florida+mexico, 1540 southwest (california, 1607 english into jamestown, thanksgiving and/or cultural conflict, series of indian wars in 1600/1700. Changes in the modern world: 1978 american indian religious freedom act, changes in modern world, legacy of acculturation + christianity, resistance movements: 1918 native american church (peyote-induced visions) Test 3 ongoing notes: native religions + non-native practitioners, peyote- drug that gave them visions , once labeled as church" they got more freedom. American indian teachings: most teachings found in sacred narratives and myths, few religions have creed or statement of belief.
