History Of Native Americans Native Americans are the Pre-Columbian era people living within the United States. Popularly known as American Indian, aboriginal American or First Nation person, although the term often refers to only those group of people whose territories were in present-day Canada and the United States. There are around 500 recognised Native American […]
For the Sioux people, religion and spirituality was not a separate entity, but an integral part of their daily life. Their belief was that human beings and animals were created from the earth itself and the nature and humans were one. Their belief system can be thought of as spirituality integrated into the rhythm of day […]
Among the Sioux nations, naming traditions differed greatly but were usually based on nature, gender, descriptions of the features and appearance of the baby, and totem animals. They had different names for girls and boys. A baby’s name could change in his or her adulthood and an individual could have more than one name in […]