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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 7739585" data-attributes="member: 58172"><p>For me, one of the regions that interests me is the Northeast nations. It includes relatively peaceful Algonquian-speaking tribes and relatively violent Iroquois-speaking tribes, among others.</p><p></p><p>Several of these tribes had contact with viking explorers from Norway, making the sea trade route between the two via Iceland a world building feature. According to one saga, the vikings traded their red fabric for wood and animal skins. Archeologists discovered remains of one viking settlement in Newfoundland, Canada, thought to be built by Leif Eriksson himself. The Norse sagas mention various locations in North America (Vínland, Markland, Helluland, etc.), with other vikings also setting out on expeditions, as well as those sailing southward along the continental coast. Relating to Greenland, the Norse also maintained contact with the Arctic cultural region of Native Americans (ancestors of the Inuit). Interactions between Native Americans and Norse were sometimes peaceful and sometimes violent. Heh, to be fair, interactions between Native Americans among themselves were sometimes peaceful, sometimes violent, and interactions between Norse among themselves were sometimes peaceful, sometimes violent. Consequently, sometimes the Natives were aggressors, and sometimes the Norse were aggressors. And sometimes they got along.</p><p></p><p>Northeast tribes are also known for the prominence of the concept of Great Spirit, a form of monotheism. Essentially, reality itself is also a kind of nature spirit. The Great Spirit is a transcendent, all-encompassing, creative force that forms and guides all beings that come into existence. It is an infinite, abstract, yet personally responsive force. The Native animistic worldview of animal and other nature spirits within a transcendent mystery, is neat.</p><p></p><p>Across the ten cultural regions of the North American continent, each tribe or even each clan within a tribe transmits its own spiritual worldview. Hence together, Native American spiritual traditions exhibit great diversity, mainly animism, but sometimes incorporating monotheism or polytheism.</p><p></p><p>Various Northeast tribes are known for </p><p>• animism (each animal, plant, rock, cave, mountain, river, thunderstorm, or so on has its own unique individual spiritual presence and influence)</p><p>• monotheism − Great Spirit</p><p>• power animals (guiding animal spirit)</p><p>• stories about heroes who transformed the world into its current state</p><p>• dreamcatchers (weblike ornament to catch hostile spirits in dreams)</p><p>• chanting music, drums, rattles</p><p>• corn harvest ceremonies</p><p>• 5-day mourning ceremony (where the chief danced and chanted for the mourners)</p><p>• warpaint (face paint to intimidate hostiles, whether human or other nature spirit)</p><p>• wampum (sacred sea shell decorated clothing for various customs and commerce)</p><p>• clothing (tunic, long loincloth, leggings, moccasins, etc.) of leather and fur (deer, moose, beaver, etc.) or plant fabrics (birchbark, dogbane, etc.)</p><p>• sometimes headgear to convey social role</p><p>• shelters by tribe: nomadic wigwam (dome tent) AND urbanized wood longhouses in forts</p><p>• canoes of birchbark or dugout logs.</p><p></p><p>Skin complexion of Northeast tribes varies by region, from very dark (Caddo) to very light (Cheyenne)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 7739585, member: 58172"] For me, one of the regions that interests me is the Northeast nations. It includes relatively peaceful Algonquian-speaking tribes and relatively violent Iroquois-speaking tribes, among others. Several of these tribes had contact with viking explorers from Norway, making the sea trade route between the two via Iceland a world building feature. According to one saga, the vikings traded their red fabric for wood and animal skins. Archeologists discovered remains of one viking settlement in Newfoundland, Canada, thought to be built by Leif Eriksson himself. The Norse sagas mention various locations in North America (Vínland, Markland, Helluland, etc.), with other vikings also setting out on expeditions, as well as those sailing southward along the continental coast. Relating to Greenland, the Norse also maintained contact with the Arctic cultural region of Native Americans (ancestors of the Inuit). Interactions between Native Americans and Norse were sometimes peaceful and sometimes violent. Heh, to be fair, interactions between Native Americans among themselves were sometimes peaceful, sometimes violent, and interactions between Norse among themselves were sometimes peaceful, sometimes violent. Consequently, sometimes the Natives were aggressors, and sometimes the Norse were aggressors. And sometimes they got along. Northeast tribes are also known for the prominence of the concept of Great Spirit, a form of monotheism. Essentially, reality itself is also a kind of nature spirit. The Great Spirit is a transcendent, all-encompassing, creative force that forms and guides all beings that come into existence. It is an infinite, abstract, yet personally responsive force. The Native animistic worldview of animal and other nature spirits within a transcendent mystery, is neat. Across the ten cultural regions of the North American continent, each tribe or even each clan within a tribe transmits its own spiritual worldview. Hence together, Native American spiritual traditions exhibit great diversity, mainly animism, but sometimes incorporating monotheism or polytheism. Various Northeast tribes are known for • animism (each animal, plant, rock, cave, mountain, river, thunderstorm, or so on has its own unique individual spiritual presence and influence) • monotheism − Great Spirit • power animals (guiding animal spirit) • stories about heroes who transformed the world into its current state • dreamcatchers (weblike ornament to catch hostile spirits in dreams) • chanting music, drums, rattles • corn harvest ceremonies • 5-day mourning ceremony (where the chief danced and chanted for the mourners) • warpaint (face paint to intimidate hostiles, whether human or other nature spirit) • wampum (sacred sea shell decorated clothing for various customs and commerce) • clothing (tunic, long loincloth, leggings, moccasins, etc.) of leather and fur (deer, moose, beaver, etc.) or plant fabrics (birchbark, dogbane, etc.) • sometimes headgear to convey social role • shelters by tribe: nomadic wigwam (dome tent) AND urbanized wood longhouses in forts • canoes of birchbark or dugout logs. Skin complexion of Northeast tribes varies by region, from very dark (Caddo) to very light (Cheyenne) [/QUOTE]
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