FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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They wanted to get help from the spirits
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They wanted to make medicine
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They believed it would bring rain
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They wanted to change the season
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Detailed explanation-1: -To honor their beliefs, the Cheyenne perform a very elaborate Sun Dance during which they believe a guardian spirit bestows special powers upon an individual as they dance. They bless particular objects, such as a hat made from buffalo hide, which becomes sacred and was often carried in times of war.
Detailed explanation-2: -Traditional Cheyenne religion focused upon two principal deities, the Wise One Above and a god who lived beneath the ground. In addition, four spirits lived at the points of the compass. The Cheyenne performed the Sun Dance in a very elaborate form.
Detailed explanation-3: -At first the Indians believed the dance would simply unite them with friends and relatives in the ghost world. As the movement spread from tribe to tribe, however, the dancers began to imagine that the dance would make them invincible. It consisted of slow shuffling movements following the course of the sun.