Native American spirituality
Native church’s lawsuit spurs training for airport screeners
By Associated Press — February 9, 2018
(AP) — A Native American man's lawsuit against the TSA was settled last month, with neither side acknowledging fault and the agency agreeing to better educate its employees about Native American religious items at more than a dozen airports nationwide.
Trump drastically cuts national monument sacred to Native Americans
By Emily McFarlan Miller — December 4, 2017
(RNS) — The president's move on Monday (Dec. 4) would shrink by 85 percent Utah's Bears Ears National Monument, which is considered sacred by a number of Native American tribes.
Kaitlin Curtice talks about ‘everyday glory’ and her Native American heritage
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 22, 2017
(RNS) — The popular 29-year-old worship leader has just published her first book, 'Glory Happening: Finding the Divine in Everyday Places.'
For Native Americans, a river is more than a ‘person.’ It’s also a sacred place
By Rosalyn R. LaPier — October 9, 2017
(The Conversation) If a suit by an environmental group asking for personhood rights for the Colorado River is successful, it would mean lawsuits can brought on behalf of the river for any harm done to it, as if it were a person.
Native Americans say grizzly bear decision violates religion
By Yonat Shimron — July 6, 2017
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — They are suing to block the government from removing Yellowstone grizzlies from the endangered and threatened species list, which would allow Montana, Wyoming and Idaho to hold grizzly bear hunts.
Why Native Americans do not separate religion from science
By Rosalyn R. LaPier — April 21, 2017
(The Conversation) For many Native Americans, myth and medicine, religion and science, are not viewed as separate, but are interwoven into the fabric of our lives.
Religious leaders celebrate denial of easement for Dakota Access pipeline
By Emily McFarlan Miller — December 5, 2016
(RNS) 'With this decision we look forward to being able to return home and spend the winter with our families and loved ones, many of whom have sacrificed as well,' said Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault II in a statement.
At Standing Rock, God heard our cries for justice
By Shane Claiborne — December 5, 2016
(RNS) Whatever their religious traditions, the people who stood united in prayer as the news of victory came in Sunday witnessed the power of God, writes Shane Claiborne.
Sioux anti-pipeline action sustained by Native American spirituality
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 24, 2016
STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION, N.D. (RNS) From dawn to dusk, the activists and their supporters take part in prayer and ceremonies that were banned until only a few decades ago.
What is behind the turkey pardoning ritual?
By Jerome Socolovsky — November 24, 2016
Drawing on the long traditions of forgiveness in the world’s religions, this very public act of pardoning reminds us about the important role rituals themselves play in society.
The ‘Splainer: The ‘spiritual battle’ over the Dakota Access pipeline
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 16, 2016
(RNS) How is opposition to the Dakota Access pipeline rooted in traditional Native American spirituality? Let us ‘Splain …
DNC platform: Plenty for religious progressives to love
By Kimberly Winston — July 25, 2016
(RNS) Democrats are calling it the most progressive platform in party history.
Parliament of World Religions convenes in Mormon country — at last
By Kimberly Winston — October 14, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) The selection of this city for one of the largest interfaith meetings in the world is no coincidence, but a clear sign that both the Parliament of the World's Religions and the LDS church have evolved.
‘Earth Sabbath’ helps activists tend spiritual side of environmentalism
By Yonat Shimron — November 6, 2012
RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) While many religious congregations have sought ways to reduce energy consumption, few have paid attention to the spiritual dimensions of this work. Several North Carolina churches are finding a remedy through a service they call the Earth Sabbath. By Yonat Shimron.
NEWS FEATURE: In New Museum of the American Indian, Spirituality Is the Subtext
By Adelle M. Banks — September 17, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Just as earth tones form an underlying decorative element in the new National Museum of the American Indian, spirituality is an undercurrent within the 254,000-square-foot edifice built on the National Mall. The top level of the imposing building of light brown limestone features a permanent exhibition that highlights […]
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