Native American religions: Quick Facts

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Map of Canada showing the distribution of major Indigenous communities, with symbols indicating reserves or settlements of Indian bands with populations over 1,000, including Blackfeet, Cree, Kwakiutl, Mohawk, Micmac, Niska, Ojibwa, and others, as well as Eskimo (Inuit) communities with populations over 500. Major First Nations and Inuit locations are labeled across the provinces and northern territories.

Map of the United States showing the locations and names of American Indian reservations, Alaska Native villages, and counties or metropolitan areas with populations of 500 or more American Indians, Eskimos, or Aleuts. Reservations and Native areas are marked across the country, with concentrations in the West, Midwest, and Alaska, and an inset highlighting Alaska and Hawaii.

Hopi: snake dance

An Ecuadorian shaman wearing a feathered headdress performs an ayahuasca ceremony with ritual objects, candles, and bottles on a wooden table in a thatched hut.

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Okipa morisca Pre-Columbian American religions Toloache cult Kuksu cult Grand Medicine Society Shaking Tent rite Wiskijan Yeibichai tablita dance Christianity Judaism Hinduism Buddhism Islam Taoism Sikhism Confucianism Roman religion Jainism

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