The history of Native American
superstition in the U.S. as a whole

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The culture history in general of Native Americans in the U.S. as a whole

Symbolism of the Eagle Feather

By Sharon Locklear, 7 May 1995. Stories were told over and over again, sometimes gaining or losing the material in the story, but the basic formula always remained the same, as a way to transmit culture. Here is the story of the eagle. The eagle feather is divided into two parts, dark and white. Two paths in life, the good way and the wrong way.

Indian desecration

By Robert Johnson, 1 September 1995. Selling artifacts taken from a Native American burial site violates the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990. Bu the Petraglyphs in Albuquerque which are the spiritual heritage of the indigenous peoples of Southern Arizona and still held in occupation, are not also so protected? It seems that the government still arrogantly assumes when to observe the law and when it doesn't. The return of land.

Voice of the White buffalo Spirit

Anonymous poem, 1 November 1995. I was here before the rains and the violent sea; I was here before the snows and the hail. I was here before the mountains and the winds. I am the spirit of Nature. I am in the light that fills the earth, and in the darkness od nighttime. I give color to nature, for I am in nature's growth and fruits.

Navajo Call Staged Fort Wingate Buffalo Hunt Barbaric and Infantile

By Brenda Norrell, in Indian Country Today, 2 January 1996. A Christian (?) group that seems opposed to any hunting has recruited some Navaho support on the basis of the Indian belief that buffalo are sacred and so can only be hunted out of necessity.

The Rise of the Plastic Medicine Men

By Ward Churchill, The Moccasin Telegraph, 24 August 1996. The new growth industry in the U.S., known as American Indian Spiritualism, is a profitable enterprise apparently began with a number of literary hoaxes. Authors grew rich peddling their trash while real Indians starved to death, out of the sight and mind of America. Reaction of legitmate INdian scholars, Russell Means, etc. Cultural appropriation.

Press Conference: United Nations Meetings on Religious Intolerance

Statement to the Press by Mr. Abdelfattah Amor, United Nations Special Rapporteur, Hotel San Carlos, Phoenix, Arizona 4 February 1998. His mandate is to investigate the conditions of religious freedom in the U.S., especially the spirituality and religions of indigenous peoples. The result of his investigation will be reports submitted to the U.N. Commission on Human Rights. Addresses questions from the press.

Sacred Native American Sites Threatened

By Danielle Knight, IPS, 15 June 1999. Many areas of the United States considered holy by Native Americans - from sacred valleys to traditional burial grounds - are under threat by proposed mining projects and nuclear dumps. Federal laws, aimed at protecting sites of religious or historic significance, often are being overlooked if the place exists on mineral-rich land.