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16 Cards in this Set
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cyclical time
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cycle of time (seasons, night and day)
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indigenous
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pertaining to a particular area or region
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Berdache
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belief that someone could be man and woman at the same time
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myth
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symbolic story people believe to be true
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ritual
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repeated action with religious significance
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wakan
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friend or ally
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animism
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idea that everything is alive
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Lakota
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native american nation and language
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Wakan Tanka
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the great spirit, god
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divination
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beleif that through certain rituals and actions some are able to predict the future
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cardinal directions
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north, east, west, south, up, down
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magic
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idea that some people have power to do things contrary to the laws of nature
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sacrifice
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ritual believed to apease the gods
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Bumba
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name of God in many African indigenous religions
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sun dance
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ritual where braves took a metal hook and gouged it into the back (show of strength and endurance
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taboo
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anything forbidden to avoid punishment from God
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