We still do it today. It is hard to ever have proof and we can only believe what is in our hearts! It brings a sense of “being home”, i.e. absolutely,I have found that many forces are out there, some I cannot explain. I am happy you are keeping the Native American history and traditional beliefs alive. We were thought to be witches and warlocks.

Native American beliefs about the afterlife vary greatly from tribe to tribe. If you have visited this site or its Facebook page, you might have heard me talk about the “Happy hunting grounds” and you might be wondering what I mean by that.

Monotheism among Native Americans was rare, however.

Is there some connection here?

In fact it alarmed the authorities and one great chief, Chief Sitting Bull, was killed while being arrested on suspicion of being a ghost dancer. As our ancestors are also always there with us to guide us and help us. It is not based on your behavior on Earth, it simply is a place where spirits go. However, some cultures will discuss reincarnation, to be reborn as something or someone else. VIDA: A place for unique designs by a Metis artist, so much to love!


Well said, we are all one. Spirits inhabited everything -- rocks, trees, animals, people -- and so in this sense nothing in the world was quite as it seemed. It seems to me, and that’s just my opinion that “the place you will live tomorrow” was meant to be seen as the Happy Hunting Grounds.

Its name implies a place where hunting and game are plentiful, where everyone has what they need. In Inuit culture, when a baby is born, older members of the family believe that baby is a relative who may have died not long before -- they sometimes call the baby “grandma” or “uncle” to express this feeling. But I … The Great Spirit sometimes took the shape of a man to change the course of human affairs. Why do I say it is not like heaven then? In our world today, there are many theories or beliefs as to what happens when one dies. Living the Red Road is the reward I would say. To summarize things, Wovoka had a dream in which he was taken to the spirit world and saw that all native people were taken to the sky while the Earth opened up and “swallowed” the white men. I experienced something very amazing while sitting with her.

Interesting article. One does not go to hell or heaven based on one’s actions on Earth.

thanks for your comment. I know full well I have not in this life. Your email address will not be published. Hi Emily, Rosemary Hartill examines the tales with Richad Cupidi. But not easy at times…, Wow, still very interesting how so many “religions” still have a similar general concept i.e The armegeddon of white men being swallowed up while a few Indians survive to heal and replenish the destroyed earth. Based on the Word Net lexical database for the English Language. hi Chris

there are similarities for sure.

Do we come back? I associate with like minded people, because we understand one another. Thanks for sharing. Reincarnation expresses the sense of familial continuity that is so important in tribal cultures. I have tried to share my experiences with others, who told me I was a witch. Stories From the Afterlife Native American stories about the origin of death and why spirits of the dead wander the earth. Nevertheless, as one can imagine, the Ghost Dance was not easily accepted by non-natives.

I will have a choice to reincarnate. Because it is not seen as a reward for good behavior on Earth. Native American beliefs are deeply rooted in their cultures and histories, and in the past spirituality would have been an integral part of daily life.As previously mentio… Its name implies a place where hunting and game are plentiful, where everyone has what they need.

Exactly the spirits remain, the energy remains. Those Native American afterlife beliefs that were interdependent on an environment shrank as whites encroached; the beliefs then gradually began to die out. In fact it alarmed the authorities and one great chief, Chief Sitting Bull, was killed while being arrested on suspicion of being a ghost dancer.

Why do I say it is not like heaven then?

The Iroquois nominally held it but because it was so large could not police it. I have inherited something very precious. Hundreds of ghost dancers were killed by the authorities, in part, to avenge Colonel Custer’s earlier death and to kill the spirit of the Ghost dancers. Classroom is the educational resource for people of all ages. It is not based on your behavior on Earth, it simply is a place where spirits go. Well, first off, most native cultures believe in the concept of multiple lives, meaning that our present life is not our only life. And genocides happen that way. Some will say it is the equivalent of heaven.

Regardless of how old we are, we never stop learning. Hope that they could live freely on this Earth, surrounded by their ancestors. See disclaimer. I’m religious myself and I’m open to many interpretations and like to hear other ways of thinking. As our ancestors are also always there with us to guide us and help us. They are not above us but rather around us and within us. I only was able to regress to three past lives, two of which I was male.
Just my thoughts. The after life is often put aside, simply because we have no real proof of what to expect when we die other than the belief of what we were taught or through the glamorization of Hollywood fantasy. © 2020 Leaf Group Ltd. / Leaf Group Media, All Rights Reserved. Required fields are marked *, Native afterlife: The Happy Hunting Grounds, I want to begin by thanking you for your warm response to my. sometimes we do have to go back to the way of life of our ancestors, which I found to be simpler. It was led by Wovoka, an Indian, who was, I guess we could say, a preacher. Everything in life has a purpose and contributes to life, even a bug….Hence why we treat everything with respect.

Some will then say that if your behavior in life transgressed rules, you could be reincarnated in something not so pleasant, like a bug most people do not like…..However, we also have to remember that everything has a spirit, including animals, birds and insects. So, I was not raised in the “native way of life”. Where do we go? Whether you’re studying times tables or applying to college, Classroom has the answers.

But always had a fear of death. She asked me if I could see all of her friends and I couldn’t, but I felt their presence.


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