I am a member of one of the descendant tribes from the moundbuilders of the Adena, Hopewell, and Mississippian traditions. I am also a descendant of Europeans who practiced a lot of the old folkways ( Read more... )

I have been reading my stack of books on the aboriginal people of my area, and am finding out the following regarding Gods, Spirits an Ancestors. I do think it is wrong to do any cultural appropriation. I am not talking about being a wannabe or Pretendian here. Of course I am Indian anyways...so in my case, I am talking about not trying to be a ( Read more... )

The ancient Druids are supposed to have echoed the Celtic triad of Gods, Ancestors and Spirits. And so, in constructing a local cosmology, one should consider these three categories as well ( Read more... )

I think your post indicates much of what I have felt. Although I was baptized and raised a cradle Catholic, I also had my tribal traditions I was raised within, descendants of the Late-Woodland culture that transitioned to Upper Missippians (the far reaches of the Cahokia-centered trading system) who made the Effigy Mounds. The Catholics (as their ( Read more... )