Talk:Native American mythology

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Contents 1 Pasowee??? 2 circumpolar mythologies 3 Pictures? 4 Native American religion

[edit] Pasowee???

Does anyone have any information about Pasowee? She was a Kiowa known as the Buffallo Woman, who brought buffallo medicine to her people.

[edit] circumpolar mythologies

I had in mind to group (some) Native American mythologies in Category:circumpolar mythology but I need help, but this is maybe a bad idea since many of them are so specialized ? // Rogper 21:34, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures?

does any1 have any pictures showing PLains Native Americans doing any special beliefs and info on it?

Cheers:

Charlie.f.uk

[edit] Native American religion

Wouldn't Native American religion be a better name for this article? "Religion" is a more NPOV term than "mythology". -- SwissCelt 04:30, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Agree (though both refer to distinct, if overlapping, things). What's more, this article could really do with some expansion... A mention of Native American Christianity might be in order; it would also help in the introduction to distinguish between traditional religion and modern religious developments like the Handsome Lake religion or the Peyote Church. QuartierLatin1968 21:02, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

I also agree. After all, the many articles about Christianity do not refer to that religion's beliefs as "Christian mythology." To do so here shows a dismissive cultural bias. StudierMalMarburg 22:14, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

It's hard to tell what this article is really supposed to be about. Obviously there is a great diversity in religious practice among modern Native Americans. Is this meant to be a disambiguation page for the mythologies of different American Indian mythologies? There needs to be more consensus on this.--Cúchullain ^t/c 06:38, 27 February 2008 (UTC)