"Navajos express a strong spiritual connection to Mother Earth. ... "Since the 1980's, Navajo Nation judges have injected a healthy dose of Navajo culture, language, and spiritual traditions into the entire Navajo Nation Court System, including its decision making aspects" "(Austin, 2009). ... Sickness and Healing Ritualistic healing takes the form in three contexts: traditional ceremonies, Native American Church (NAC) peyote prayer meetings, or Pentecostal Christian revivalism. "Navajos express a strong spiritual connection to Mother Earth. ...

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They had distinctive social and political systems, clothing styles, shelters, foods, languages, and spiritual and philosophical beliefs. ... It was believed to be present in all things "animals, plants, water, rocks, and other natural phenomena, such as the Sun, Moon, weather, or sickness. ...

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The Spiritual legacy The Native Americans have had great riches in human and spiritual resources. ... We are obsessed with material achievements and we fail to see the human and spiritual values in life. ... The American Indian heritage will claim its rightful place among the great spiritual traditions of humankind. ... In several cultures the retreat is initiatory in character for young men or occasionally for young women, who seek spiritual sanction for a new and sacred name; in the arctic or among some south-western peoples this retreat is participated in city by those who s...

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The Pilgrims had more immunity to sicknesses. ... The second generations Pilgrims were a lot less spiritual than their parents were. ... William Bradford was became sad over the fact that that the colony has become less spiritual. ... My brother and I are not as spiritual as our parents are. ...

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