Book contents
- A Third Way
- A Third Way
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Legal History and Foundations
- 2 The Jurisdictional Framework of the Second Way and the Cherokee Diaspora
- 3 Religious Freedom, the Value of Sacred Places, and the Price of Cultural Ignorance
- 4 Clashing Values, the Blackfeet, and a Measure of Success in the Badger-Two Medicine
- 5 Federal Cultural Protection Statutes
- 6 Tribal Laws
- 7 Both Ends of the Spectrum and Everything in Between
- 8 Indigenous Cultures and Intellectual Property
- 9 A Third Way for the Future
- Index
3 - Religious Freedom, the Value of Sacred Places, and the Price of Cultural Ignorance
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 July 2020
- A Third Way
- A Third Way
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Legal History and Foundations
- 2 The Jurisdictional Framework of the Second Way and the Cherokee Diaspora
- 3 Religious Freedom, the Value of Sacred Places, and the Price of Cultural Ignorance
- 4 Clashing Values, the Blackfeet, and a Measure of Success in the Badger-Two Medicine
- 5 Federal Cultural Protection Statutes
- 6 Tribal Laws
- 7 Both Ends of the Spectrum and Everything in Between
- 8 Indigenous Cultures and Intellectual Property
- 9 A Third Way for the Future
- Index
Summary
Many indigenous nations, tribes, bands, and communities have unique religions, and although it is difficult to generalize across such a large spectrum, there are certain themes that are useful for the purposes of understanding legal claims involving indigenous religions. For instance, many indigenous religions are place based, centering on a principle of stewardship toward a specific place, like a sacred mountain, river, lake, or geological feature. For place-based indigenous religions, essential religious practices may include pilgrimages and prayer, meditation, and other acts designed to engage and fortify spiritual communion with the place. The religious teachings of these faiths may hold that the sacred place played a role in the origin of the tribe and that it continues to be an essential foundation of the tribe’s well-being.
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- A Third WayDecolonizing the Laws of Indigenous Cultural Protection, pp. 41 - 56Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020