DEFINING

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DEFINING RELIGION
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Boundaries
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Extraordinary/ Ordinary Religion
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CREED
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CODE
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CULT
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COMMUNITY
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RESTORATIVE/TRANSFORMATIVERELIGION
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MANYNESS of American Religion
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ONENESS of American Religion
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THE ORIGINAL CAST

• The FIVE Members of the Original Cast

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NATIVE AMERICAN/FIRST PEOPLES FAITHS
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Native American Diversity
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1. Time Space
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2. Tricksters Shamans
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3. CORRESPONDANCE
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4. Example The Oglala
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5. Example The Hopi
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6. Death, Re-birth, Change in Native Faiths

• Ghost Dance
• Wovoka
• Handsome Lake
• Native American Church
• Kateri Circles
• American Indian Religious Freedom Act (1978)
• Religious Freedom Restoration Act (1993)