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Lost in Translation: A translation that set in motion the loss of Native American spiritual sites

Abstract

There is no word for religion in most Native American languages. The Native American connection to the natural environment is cultural, traditional, and ceremonial. It is, often, linked to sovereignty and tribal governance, but is it a religion as the term is understood from a western viewpoint?

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