Cultural and Historical Studies

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This paper discusses the highly evolved and advanced sense of community and geomancy of Indian religious beliefs. According to this paper, it was vastly superior to the immoral and racially purist Christian doctrine of the Europeans. The sense of sharing the Earth in Native American custom provided a far more metaphysical way of cooperating with Nature, rather than seeking to dominate it. The Europeans mistakenly saw their technological advancement, and even philosophical advancement, as a way to impose a reckless destruction of Indians in North America.

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"The aim of this historical and cultural study will be to examine the cultural and religious development of Native North American tribes that existed before the coming of European colonials. The cultural evolution of North American tribes was not primitive or `barbaric' by any means, but the technological advancements of the Europeans had allowed for greater dominance of Indian culture after Europeans landed on the east coast of what is know North America. However, the cultural superiority of the Indians was highly evolved through religious practice and the naturalistic values they possessed in community cooperation and respect for nature. In essence, the livelihood, religion, and customs were far more tolerant and spiritual in regards to community and spiritual life than the Europeans."

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