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In what ways were the environment and nature central to the religion of most California Native tribes? Compare this to what you know about Western Culture, Christianity, or non-Christian culture/religion. Do you see more differences than similarities? Give examples to support your answer.

A question that might help: how did the Natives demonstrate their reverence for and dependence upon the natural world?

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Native American religions, religious beliefs and sacramental practices of the indigenous peoples of North and South America. Until the 1950s it was commonly assumed that the religions of the surviving Native Americans were little more than curious anachronisms, dying remnants of humankind’s childhood. These traditions lacked sacred texts and fixed doctrines or moral codes and were embedded in societies without wealth, mostly without writing, and without recognizable systems of politics or justice or any of the usual indicators of civilization. Today the situation has changed dramatically. Scholars of religion, students of the ecological sciences, and individuals committed to expanding and deepening their own religious lives have found in these traditions many distinct and varied religious worlds that have struggled to survive but that retain the ability to inspire.