Final- nat american

Question 1

re-enacts a myth

Answer 1

Ritual

Question 2

Bring about the symbolic death of childhood and redefines one’s identity within the tribe as an adult

Answer 2

initiation

Question 3

name for the supreme reality,the great spirit means “most sacred”

Answer 3

wankan tanka

Question 4

live in eastern montana, wyoming and the western regions of the dakotas and parts of Nebraska

Answer 4

lakota

Question 5

the axis mundi in the sun dance

Answer 5

cottonwood tree

Question 6

the elder who presides over the sun dance

Answer 6

medicine man

Question 7

seeking spiritual power through an encounter with.a guardian spirit usually in the form of an animal or other natural entity following a period of self-denial, includes purification in a sweat lodge

Answer 7

Vision quest

Question 8

the ritual of the lakota that celebrated the new year nad prepares the tribee for the annual bison hunt

Answer 8

sun dance

Question 9

a ritual of offering ones body through bodily mutilations as the only suitable sacrifice to offer to the supreme being

Answer 9

Sun dance

Question 10

people who can access the spirit world, whether good or evil, often through a trance at a ceremony or ritual, they often practice divination and healing

Answer 10

shaman

Question 11

means the center of the universe and is considered the link between the earth and the heavens, can also represent supreme being

Answer 11

axis mundi