Native American Religion

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Across
  1. 2. This ceremony involved dance and sometimes self-torment
  2. 3. Conquistador that learned to love and respect the Native Americans
  3. 6. The belief that every natural item has a spirit
  4. 7. The amount of souls many tribes believe a person has
  5. 9. Usually hide wrapped around important spiritual objects; designed to protect the community
  6. 11. Term for the time before Columbus/Europeans
  7. 12. Dance founded by Wovoka believed to lead to the restoration of Native Americans to their land
  8. 13. Lands the US government forced Native Americans on to
  9. 15. Moving from place to place following food
  10. 17. Often smoked during important ceremonies
  11. 18. The Spirit above all other spirits
  12. 19. The Western Hemisphere
  13. 20. Rite of passage in which one goes into the wilderness by themselves searching for a vision
  14. 21. religious specialist in the tribe, often healed people in the tribe and helped ward off evil
Down
  1. 1. Massacre of Native Americans by US Army in 1890
  2. 4. Almost all Native Americans have been influenced by this major religion brought by the Europeans
  3. 5. The Original inhabitants of the Americas
  4. 8. A social or religious "no-no"
  5. 10. The Ponca chief whose court case established that Native Americans are people
  6. 14. The spirit of the world that provides generously for people and animals
  7. 16. Most tribes did not have a written language so all history was this