Introduction to Indigenous Spirituality

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture) This course provides an introduction to the plurality of Indigenous religious traditions in North America and the diversity, complexity, and vitality of these traditions. Included in the course content is an understanding of traditional ceremonies, cosmology or worldview, creation stories and other narrative forms, cultural values, healers, and medicine. Special attention is given to Anishinaabe, Omushkego, and Dakota traditions.