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Coyote and Opossum appear in the stories of several tribes.

The Indigenous peoples of the Americas comprise numerous different cultures. Each has its own mythologies, many of which share certain themes across cultural boundaries. In North American mythologies, common themes include a close relation to nature and animals as well as belief in a Great Spirit that is conceived of in various ways.

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Mythologies of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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The Indigenous peoples of the Americas comprise numerous different cultures. Each has its own mythologies, many of which share certain themes across cultural...

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Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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settlers in the 15th century and the ethnic groups who continue to identify themselves with those peoples. The Indigenous peoples of the Americas are diverse;...

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Genetic history of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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The genetic history of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas is divided into two distinct periods: the initial peopling of the Americas during about 20...

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Population history of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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Population figures for the Indigenous peoples of the Americas prior to European colonization have been difficult to establish. By the end of the 20th century,...

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List of Native American deities

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List of Native American deities, sortable by name of tribe or name of deity. Mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas "Blackfoot Legends...

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Classification of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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The classification of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas is based upon cultural regions, geography, and linguistics. Anthropologists have named various...

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Indian mythology

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mythology Buddhist mythology Sikh mythology Mythologies of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas Indian religions Native American religions This disambiguation...

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Indigenous peoples of Siberia

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to Indigenous peoples of the Americas. In Kamchatka, the Itelmens' uprisings against Russian rule in 1706, 1731, and 1741, were crushed. During the first...

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Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast

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The Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast are composed of many nations and tribal affiliations, each with distinctive cultural and political...

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Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean

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At the time of first contact between Europe and the Americas, the Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean included the Taíno of the northern Lesser Antilles...

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Denial of genocides of Indigenous peoples

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Supporters of colonial regimes sometimes deny or downplay genocides of Indigenous peoples, even when the atrocities are well-documented. The denialism...

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Indigenous peoples in Canada

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Indigenous peoples in Canada (also known as Aboriginals) are the indigenous peoples within the boundaries of Canada. They comprise the First Nations, Inuit...

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Peopling of the Americas

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earliest populations in the Americas, before roughly 10,000 years ago, are known as Paleo-Indians. Indigenous peoples of the Americas have been linked to...

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Indigenous peoples in Brazil

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Indigenous peoples once comprised an estimated 2,000 tribes and nations inhabiting what is now the country of Brazil, before European contact around 1500...

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Indigenous peoples in Colombia

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Indigenous peoples of Colombia are the ethnic groups who have inhabited Colombia since before the Spanish colonization of Colombia, in the early 16th century...

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Indigenous peoples of Oceania

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The Indigenous peoples of Oceania are Aboriginal Australians, Papuans, and Austronesians (Melanesians, Micronesians, and Polynesians). These indigenous...

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Indigenous peoples in Chile

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Indigenous peoples in Chile or Native Chileans form about 13% of the total population of Chile. According to the 2017 census, almost 2,200,000 people...

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Archaeology of the Americas

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America, South America and the Caribbean. This includes the study of pre-historic/Pre-Columbian and historic indigenous American peoples, as well as historical...

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Classification of the Indigenous languages of the Americas

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This is a list of different language classification proposals developed for the Indigenous languages of the Americas. The article is divided into North...

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Taiwanese indigenous peoples

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or Gaoshan people, are the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, with the nationally recognized subgroups numbering about 569,000 or 2.38% of the island's population...

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Witchcraft in North America

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views of witchcraft. Today, North America hosts a diverse array of beliefs about witchcraft. Indigenous communities such as the Cherokee, Hopi, the Navajo...

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Xirang

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parallels to the mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, particularly the earth-diver creation myth. In the earth-diver myth, the primordial...

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Child development of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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the learner to guide them. Cultural context of indigenous learning in the Americas Early childhood education Mythologies of the indigenous peoples of...

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Cultural depictions of ravens

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stories, damned souls. The Raven has appeared in the mythologies of many ancient peoples. Some of the more common stories are from those of Greek, Celtic, Norse...

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Indigenous peoples in Bolivia

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Indigenous peoples in Bolivia, or Native Bolivians, are Bolivian people who are of indigenous ancestry. They constitute anywhere from 20 to 60% of Bolivia's...

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Native American religions

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Indigenous peoples of the Americas portal Religion portal Mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas Bahá'í Faith and Native Americans Falls Creek...

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Cosmic ocean

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the Earth. A diving bird, catching a lump of earth from the primordial ocean, often appears in mythologies of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas and...

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