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Martin Preface and Chapter 1Your answers to these questions are to be typed and double-spaced.
1. Spirituality affects what for the native peoples of North America?
2. What distinguishes American Indian religions from other "world religions"?
3. Why do Apaches mention "place-names" to each other?
4. How do American Indians view women, especially older women?
5. What characterizes an "earth-Diver" creation story? Generalize, don't be specific to one tribal version.
6. Describe how the sacredness of corn was demonstrated by traditional Woodlands tribal peoples and intertwined in their lives.
7. Which group(s) of contemporary American Indian peoples carry forward into the 21st century beliefs and spiritual values thousands of years old?
8. What one factor was responsible for the "downfall" of American Indian religious ways and societies?
9. What is the "end goal" of life for traditional native peoples of the Americas?
10. The Navajo creation story recounted on pages 30 and 31 establishes what in Navajo cosmology?
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