Plains Indian religions

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Native American religion indigenous religion spiritual tradition

Plains Indian religions are the traditional spiritual beliefs and ceremonial practices of the Indigenous peoples of the North American Great Plains, emphasizing sacred relationships with the land, animals, and powerful spirit beings through rituals such as the Sun Dance and vision quests.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Lakota spirituality	5
Lakota traditional religion	3
Blackfoot traditional religion	1
Cheyenne traditional religion	1
Pawnee traditional religion	1
Plains Indian religions canonical	1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Native American religion ⓘ indigenous religion ⓘ spiritual tradition ⓘ
affectedBy	Christian missionary activity ⓘ European colonization ⓘ U.S. and Canadian government suppression of ceremonies ⓘ
associatedWithRegion	Great Plains ⓘ Great Plains ⓘ surface form: North American Plains
centralCeremony	Sun Dance ⓘ
centralPractice	vision quest ⓘ
emphasizes	balance between physical and spiritual worlds ⓘ communal responsibility in ritual life ⓘ harmony with nature ⓘ respect for animals used in subsistence ⓘ
hasConcept	communal renewal ⓘ guardian spirits ⓘ ritual purification ⓘ sacred directions ⓘ sacred landscape features ⓘ sacred songs and dances ⓘ sacred vows ⓘ vision as source of spiritual power ⓘ
hasContemporaryForm	revitalized ceremonial practices ⓘ syncretic practices with Christianity ⓘ
hasCoreBelief	existence of powerful spirit beings ⓘ interconnectedness of all life ⓘ reciprocity between humans and the spirit world ⓘ sacred relationship with animals ⓘ sacred relationship with the land ⓘ
includesRitual	Sun Dance ⓘ fasting ⓘ healing ceremony ⓘ mourning and memorial rites ⓘ naming ceremonies ⓘ offerings to spirits ⓘ pipe ceremony ⓘ prayer with tobacco ⓘ seasonal ceremonies ⓘ sweat lodge ceremony ⓘ vision quest ⓘ warrior societies’ ceremonies ⓘ
practicedBy	Plains Indians ⓘ surface form: Indigenous peoples of the North American Great Plains
practicedByGroup	Arapaho ⓘ Arikara ⓘ Blackfoot ⓘ Cheyenne ⓘ Comanche ⓘ Crow ⓘ Dakota ⓘ Hidatsa people ⓘ surface form: Hidatsa Kiowa people ⓘ surface form: Kiowa Lakota ⓘ Mandan ⓘ Nakota ⓘ Omaha ⓘ Pawnee ⓘ
transmittedBy	ceremonial instruction ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ
usesSacredObject	ceremonial pipe ⓘ drums ⓘ feathered regalia ⓘ medicine bundles ⓘ rattles ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Native American religions → relatedTo → Plains Indian religions ⓘ

Gall → religion → Plains Indian religions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lakota traditional religion

Cheyenne people → religion → Plains Indian religions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cheyenne traditional religion

Rosebud Indian Reservation → religion → Plains Indian religions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lakota traditional religion

Standing Rock Indian Reservation → hasReligiousTradition → Plains Indian religions ⓘ