Indigenous Religious Traditions in 5 Minutes

Molly Bassett is Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Religious Studies at Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA. Natalie Avalos is an Assistant Professor in the Ethnic Studies department at University of Colorado Boulder. Molly Bassett is Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Religious Studies at Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA. Natalie Avalos is an Assistant Professor in the Ethnic Studies department at University of Colorado Boulder.

Preface
Molly Bassett and Natalie Avalos

Indigeneity and Religion
Why does the title of this book use the phrase “Indigenous Religious Traditions” rather than “Indigenous Religions?”
Tisa Wenger, Yale University
What makes a religion an ‘Indigenous religion’?
Graham Harvey, The Open University
Were all religions at one time ‘Indigenous’?
Tyler Tully, University of Oxford
Are Indigenous religions only those practiced by Indigenous people?
Angela Puca, Leeds Trinity University
Why is "religion" a problematic category for understanding Indigenous traditions?
Philip Arnold, Syracuse University
How do ideas about race shape understandings of Native American religious life?
Sarah Dees, Iowa State University
Why Are Indigenous African and Afro-Diasporic Religions Relevant to You?
Ayodeji Ogunnaike, Bowdoin College, & Oludamini Ogunnaike, University of Virginia
What makes Vodou an Indigenous tradition?
James Padilioni, Jr., Swarthmore College
What’s the difference between Vodou, Voudou, and Voodoo?
Emily Clark, Gonzaga University
Is Adivasi religion the same as Hinduism?
William Elison, University of California
Is Neo-Paganism an Indigenous religious tradition?
Abel R. Gomez, University of Oklahoma

The Study of Indigenous Religious Traditions
What moral responsibilities do scholars and students have in studying Indigenous religions?
Afe Adogame, Princeton Theological Seminary
Why is repatriation a religious issue for many Native communities?
Greg Johnson, University of California
Is an academic approach to Indigenous religions innately colonizing?
Afe Adogame
What is animism?
Graham Harvey
How do archaeologists study religion in the Indigenous past?
Mallory Matsumoto, University of Texas
What’s the deal with cultural appropriation?
Gregory Alles, McDaniel College
Was the Washington R*dskins cultural appropriation?
Matt Sheedy, Universität Bonn

Indigenous Religious Traditions
What is a Land-based religious tradition?
Dana Lloyd, Villanova University
Do Indigenous Peoples believe plants, animals, and waters have personhood?
Meaghan Weatherdon, University of San Diego
What does it mean when Indigenous peoples say animals are sacred?
Kelsey Dayle John, University of Arizona
What role does pilgrimage play in Indigenous religious life?
Paul Gareau & Jeanine LeBlanc, both at University of Alberta
Are Indigenous peoples inherently environmentalists?
Dennis Kelley, University of Missouri
Why is the public expression of Indigenous Religion political?
Stacie Swain, University of Victoria
What are Native American foodways, and how are they religious?
Andrea McComb Sanchez, University of Arizona
What do Indigenous religious traditions in the Americas have in common?
Inés Hernandez-Avila, University of California
What are ancestor spirits, and what role do they play in Hawaiian religious life?
Marie Alohalani Brown, University of Hawai'i
What is the Ghost Dance?
Tiffany Hale, Barnard College, Columbia University
How are Indigenous narratives and oral traditions like “texts?”
Dennis Kelley
What do trickster tales tell us about human beings, and why are they important in Indigenous cultures?
Davíd Carrasco, Harvard University
How do Indigenous religions approach disability?
Zara Surratt, University of North Carolina
Are Indigenous religious traditions patriarchal?
Donnie Begay, University of Divinity, Australia
Did Indigenous people really honor LGBT/Two-Spirit people?
Lisa Poirier, DePaul University
Indigenous Futurity
Indigenous futurism … is that like science fiction?
Matt Sheedy