Indigenous Beliefs and Practices …show more content…
Their beliefs are all encompassing as a whole regarding the universe, the earth, and its inhabitants which sustains all life. In indigenous cultures, there is no word for religion or spirituality. (Fisher, 2014, p.35) Fisher maintains that religion is re-connecting or tying people back to something behind the surface of life-a greater reality, which lies beyond. (Fisher, 2014, p.2) Indigenous sacred beliefs is a connection to what is seen and unseen as well as what is alive and what has passed all of which is interconnect and dependent upon each other exhibited through their