Native American religions
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Native American religions, Native American faith or American Indian religions are the Indigenous spiritual practices of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Ceremonial practices involve sacred, spi
Totem pole in Vancouver.
Yup'ik shaman exorcising evil spirits from a sick boy. Nushagak, Alaska, 1890s.
Dancing at a pole-raising celebration in Klawock, Alaska.
Pomo doctor's headdress
Indigenous peoples in Canada
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In Canada, Indigenous peoples represent roughly 5% of the overall population. They comprise the Inuit, Métis, and First Nations, of which there are over 600 recognized First Nations governments or ban
An Aboriginal community in Northern Ontario
A Clovis point created using bi-facial percussion flaking (that is, each face is flaked on both edges alternatively with a percussor)
Thule site (Copper Inuit) near the waters of Cambridge Bay (Victoria Island)
Chief George from the village of Senakw with his daughter in traditional regalia, c. 1906