Unit 5

In the Native American Religion presentation, what is a good example of a trickster figure?

Coyote

According to the Native American Religion presentation, the Navajo hogan faces

East

In the Native American Religion presentation, in the Navajo Whirling Logs healing ritual, what animal is the model for the "trembling hand" of the shaman?

Gila Monster

Brown uses the term waken-tanka, which for the Indians of the Great Plains means

Great Spirit or Mysterious

In the Sioux myth of the Great Race, who won the race?

Magpie

How many Indian tribes are recognized by the US Government?

Maybe 300

According to Grim, an important belief of indigenous peoples is the kinship between humans and

NOT Ancestors

In Brown's account, the human soul that is like a ghost

Nagi

In the POPs Treaty case, the MIP approach to agriculture emphasizes

Natural Methods of pest control

In Brown's account, the human soul that is cosmic energy

Nigila

In Brown's account, the human soul that is the life-breath

Niya

In the POPs Treaty cases study, the "dirty dozen" toxic chemicals prohibited by many countries are known collectively as

Persistent Organic Pollutants

In the Native American Religion presentation, the Piute shaman who originated the Ghost Dance

Wavoka

Grim describes how the Temiar people of Malaysia often encounter spirits through

dreams

According to Brown, animals watch over humans in their task as

gardian

According to Brown, a key principle for Native American sense of wholeness in the world

interrelationship

From the Native American Religion presentation, for orientation in the world, Indian cultures often sought to find the

middle place