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Answer five questions- pick any five with the highlighted one.
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Our
 Place
 and
 Responsibility
 in
 Society
 
Native
 North
 America,
 Larry
 J.
 Zimmerman
 
Sacredness
 and
 Ceremony
 
 
Pages:
 74-­?103
 
 
The
 Life
 of
 the
 Spirit
 
  According
 to
 this
 passage,
 how
 would
 you
 describe
 the
 relationship
 between
 
people
 and
 the
 rest
 of
 the
 world?
 
 
Foundations
 of
 the
 Sacred
 
  1-­?
 Describe
 the
 difference
 between
 “religion”
 and
 Native
 American
 “sacred
 
life”?
 
  2-­?
 Give
 examples
 of
 how
 a
 “sacred
 life”
 is
 illustrated
 in
 a
 Native
 American
 
understanding
 or
 lifestyle.
 
  3-­?
 Re:
 Big
 Horn
 medicine
 wheel.
 Would
 it
 be
 relevant
 to
 keep
 this
 site
 in
 
existence,
 if
 the
 land
 were
 to
 belong
 to
 the
 National
 Park
 Service
 and
 was
 
considering
 removing
 it
 for
 more
 profitable
 or
 accessible
 reasons?
 
 
 
 
Nature
 and
 Spirit
 
  1-­?
 Could
 you
 argue
 for/against
 the
 “scholarly”
 theory
 that
 the
 concept
 of
 
Mother
 Earth
 “predates
 contact
 with
 Whites
 or
 is
 essentially
 a
 European
 construct”?
 
  2-­?
 Do
 you
 see
 trends
 in
 modern
 popular
 culture
 that
 resemble
 the
 
information
 and
 perspectives
 in
 this
 section
 titled,
 “Nature
 and
 spirit”?
 
 
Kinship
 and
 Spirit
 
  1-­?
 Describe
 the
 value
 in
 the
 adoption
 of
 strangers.
 Is
 this
 a
 practice
 in
 other
 
cultures?
 (“culture”)
 
  2-­?
 
 How
 can
 a
 clan
 system
 have
 value
 within
 a
 tribe?
 
 
  3-­?
 Give
 a
 description
 of
 how
 the
 clan
 system
 might
 have
 been
 interpreted
 in
 
early
 U.S.
 history
 and
 how
 it
 might
 be
 interpreted
 today.
 
 
Haida
 Villages
 
  1-­?
 Examine
 the
 sentence,
 “Such
 openings
 reflected
 the
 womb-­?like
 nature
 of
 
the
 dwellings.”
 As
 a
 student
 of
 American
 Indian
 religion
 and
 philosophy,
 could
 you
 
confidently
 translate
 the
 sentence
 afore
 mentioned?
 What
 evidence
 could
 you
 use
 to
 
support
 your
 interpretation?
 
 
 
Sacred
 Societies
 
  1-­?
 How
 would
 you
 describe
 the
 role
 or
 importance
 of
 Sacred
 Societies
 within
 
the
 tribe?
 How
 do
 you
 suppose
 it

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 was
 effective?
 
 
  2-­?
 What
 is
 the
 role/responsibility
 of
 the
 False
 Face
 Society?
 
  3-­?
 Why
 do
 you
 suppose
 some
 ceremonies
 held
 by
 American
 Indians
 are
 
closed
 to
 the
 public/
 
 
Ceremonial
 Transformations
 
  1-­?
 Put
 in
 context
 and
 clarify
 the
 following:
 When
 a
 Blackfoot
 holy
 man
 put
 on
 
a
 yellow
 bear
 hide,
 for
 his
 audience
 he
 actually
 was
 the
 bear.
 
  2-­?
 Are
 there
 examples
 of
 sacred
 clowns
 or
 something
 similar
 in
 other
 
cultures
 or
 in
 our
 society
 today?
 
  3-­?
 What
 is
 being
 accomplished
 by
 having
 transformation,
 within
 a
 tribe
 or
 
ceremony?
 
 
The
 Powwow
 
  1-­?
 Describe
 the
 significant
 importance
 to
 having
 intertribal
 powwows
 today.
 
  2-­?
 How
 do
 you
 suppose
 identity
 reflects
 aspects
 of
 religion
 and
 philosophy?
 
 
Holy
 People
 
  1-­?
 Give
 your
 best
 definitions
 for
 shaman,
 medicine
 man/woman,
 and
 holy
 
people.
 
  2-­?
 How
 does
 skepticism
 play
 a
 role
 in
 ceremony?
 Why
 or
 how
 is
 this
 
important?
 Does
 discipline
 play
 a
 role?
 
  3-­?
 
 What
 are
 common
 responsibilities
 of
 holy
 people?
 
 
Seeking
 the
 Spirit
 
  1-­?
 How
 might
 an
 individual
 reveal
 they
 have
 received
 “power”?
 
 
  2-­?
 Why
 might
 someone
 not
 want
 the
 “power”?
 
  3-­?
 There’s
 mention
 of
 elders
 being
 close
 to
 the
 spirit
 world.
 Why
 would
 this
 
notion
 be
 considered?
 
 
Rites
 of
 Passage
 
  1-­?
 On
 what
 occasions
 do
 rites
 of
 passage
 exist
 for
 some
 American
 Indians?
 
  2-­?
 How
 are
 souls
 described
 and
 respected
 by
 some
 American
 Indian
 people?
 
Are
 these
 practices
 and
 beliefs
 similar
 in
 other
 cultures?
 
 
 
 
Pages:
 112-­?113
 
 
World
 Renewal
 
  1-­?
 What
 is
 world
 renewal?
 
 
 
 
Pages:
 136-­?137
 
 
The
 Ghost
 Dance
 
  1-­?
 According
 to
 the
 text,
 how
 do
 you
 interpret
 the
 revival
 of
 the
 Ghost
 Dance?
 
  2-­?
 How
 and
 why
 was
 the
 ghost
 dance
 spread
 to
 other
 tribes?
 
  3-­?
 What
 liberties
 were
 taken
 in
 spreading
 the
 ghost
 dance?
 Why?
 
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