Religious Places of the Indigenous Peoples of North America
31 entries in the Religious Places of the Indigenous Peoples of North America compendium.
Recognition of Native American sacred sites in the United StatesSacred sites on federal land recognized by Indigenous tribes.Agathla PeakSacred Navajo peak and prominent volcanic plug in Arizona.Baboquivari Peak WildernessSacred peak and center of Tohono O'odham cosmology.Bear ButteSacred laccolith and pilgrimage site for Plains tribes.Biltmore MoundA well-preserved platform mound of the Connestee people.Blanca PeakSacred mountain of the Navajo and highest peak of the Sangre de Cristo Range.Blue Hills ReservationLarge conservation park near Boston with diverse terrain and history.Bridge of the Gods (land bridge)A legendary landslide dam across the Columbia River.Bryce Canyon National ParkA high-elevation park of hoodoos and natural amphitheaters in Utah.Casa MalpaísAncestral Puebloan site with a volcanic-rock Great Kiva.Castle CragsSacred granite crags in Northern California.Mount CayleyAn eroded stratovolcano sacred to the Squamish people.Chicoma MountainHighest Jemez peak, sacred to Puebloan peoples.Chief MountainSacred mountain to Blackfeet and other Native nations.Chimney Rock National MonumentAncestral Puebloan site with lunar-aligned great house.Devil's Lake (Wisconsin)A sacred lake in Wisconsin's Baraboo Range.Devils TowerFirst U.S. national monument, sacred to several Native American tribes.Mount DiabloSacred creation site of California Native American peoples.DinétahAncestral homeland of the Navajo people in the Southwest.Dowa YalanneSacred Zuni mesa and historic refuge from Spanish expeditions.Effigy moundRaised earth shaped into animals or symbols for religious purposes.False KivaA remote stone circle of uncertain origin in Utah.Four Sacred Mountains of the NavajoFour mountains marking Navajo Nation boundaries, each a deity.Mount GaribaldiSacred Squamish volcano with a history of subglacial eruptions.The Golden SpruceA book about a sacred tree felled in Haida Gwaii.Grand Lake (Colorado)Colorado's largest natural lake, sacred to the Ute Tribe.Grand Mound (Minnesota)Largest prehistoric structure in the upper Midwest, an effigy burial mound.Hall City CaveLimestone cave sacred to the Wintu, with a deep water shaft.Hesperus Mountain (Colorado)Sacred Mountain of the North for the Navajo People.Hole-in-the-Rock (Papago Park)Natural sandstone formation with Hohokam seasonal markers.In the Light of ReverenceDocumentary on three tribes defending sacred lands.
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