Native American Religions Term List

Native American Religion: Oglala Lakota (Sioux)

Black Elk
Cardinal Directions
Crazy Horse
The Giveaway Ceremony
Ghost Dance
Heyok’a (“The Contraries”)
Ishnati Awicalowapi (Preparing a Girl for Womanhood)
Lakota/Nakota/Dakota
Native American Religions: Environment
Native American Religions: Gender Roles and the Status of Women
Native American Religions: Homosexuality
Sacred Hoop
Sacred Pipe
Sun Dance
Sweat Lodge
Vision Quest
Wakan Tanka
Wanagi Yuhapi (Keeping of the Soul)
Wounded Knee

Last Updated Feb. 4, 1997
Kenneth J. Banner
banner@jupiter.rowan.edu

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