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  • Abenaki Native American tribe located in the northeastern United States. Religious ceremonies are led by shamans, called Medeoulin (Mdawinno).

  • Aztec civilization recognized many gods and supernatural creatures.

  • Blackfoot tribe of Native Americans who currently live in Montana. They lived west of the Great Lakes and lived in Montana and Alberta and participated in Plains Indian culture.

  • Cherokee Native American culture who mainly live in the southeastern United States and in Oklahoma.

  • Chippewa tribe of Native Americans located in the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada.

  • Creek tribe of Native Americans from the southeastern United States. The shaman was called an Alektca.

  • Crow Native Americans live in the Great Plains area of the United States. The shaman of the tribe was known as an Akbaalia ("healer").

  • Guarani people of the south-central part of South America, especially the native peoples of Paraguay and parts of the surrounding areas of Argentina, Brazil, and Bolivia.

  • Ho-Chunk and Winnebago are tribes of Native Americans, which were once a single tribe living in Wisconsin.

  • Hopi tribe of Native Americans located in the southwestern United States.

  • Incan myths and legends which survived amongst the native peoples.

  • Inuit similarities to the religions of other polar regions. Inuit traditional religious practices could be very briefly summarised as a form of shamanism based on animist principles.

  • Huron (sometimes formerly referred to as the Huron) are a First Nations/Native American people originally from Ontario, Canada, and surrounding areas.

  • Lakota Native American tribe, also known as the Sioux.

  • Maya n extensive polytheistic religious beliefs.

  • Navajo tribe of Native Americans who live in the southwestern United States.

  • Pawnee tribe of Native Americans originally located in Nebraska, United States.

  • Seneca tribe was one of the Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy from the northeastern United States.



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