Hello Apes ( aka ap English students),
From the past few weeks my class and I have research and discuss about religion and how its shape cultures. We went back in time to the Native American culture and Early Americans. In today's societies history is only viewed through the victory's eyes. Through their eyes was mostly based off of the European culture. From Europe ,in that time period, the Europeans had this ideology of whites being superior to people of color. In other words Europeans have never truly experience other cultures and people so to them their way was the only way that they knew. Their religion is was very strict were there was only one person connected to god who the people listened to and did not question. Of little difference the early pioneers left Europe in fear of the church because they had a contradicting way to view religion. Nevertheless the pioneers new found religion was still closely related to the ideology of religion in Europe. A distinct difference was the Native Americans culture. Native American were connected with nature mostly valuing the gift which is the earth. Their worship was through expression of dance movements with music and prayer. From their religion they develop a society of living in tipi, wearing buffalo skins and their hair would grow long. Their religion was celebrating the earth so they use elements that the earth gave to them to use which to them was a close way of being connected to the earth. Through stories they told how the earth gave life and lessons to learn. From one story "Then the woman began to walk in a circle around it, moving in the direction that the sun goes. The earth began to grow." the sun was seen as an elements of earth for a sense of direction through life. Correlating both religions were a sense of guidance through life because as humans we can get very lost in this world. Early pioneers came over and from their religion they have more of structural societies such as having living in gated community with houses that are structurally built. The religion set a foundation which help build their way of thinking for the pioneers it was ruled based than the Native Americans were more free in thought. Considering that both ideas of religion were based off of completely different themes one would argue one religious way is the more ideal way.
