indigenous traditions
Ancestral cultural practices
Indigenous traditions are the customs, beliefs, rituals, and practices originating with the native peoples of a particular region, passed down through generations.
The phrase typically refers to spiritual practices, oral histories, healing methods, and cultural knowledge predating colonization: The ceremony honors indigenous traditions that have survived for centuries.
Often invoked in discussions of cultural preservation and revitalization.
- animismSpirits inhabit all things
- shamanismMediation between worlds
- sweat lodgeHeated structure for ritual purification
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- dreamtimeSleep phase with visions
song lines · folklore · sustainable farming · herbal medicine · land stewardship · tribal councils · talking circles · sacred groves · elder wisdom · creation myths · cultural preservation · sacred songs · healing rituals · oral histories · potlatch · decolonization · land back · vision quests
indigenous traditionsforced assimilation
Compelled cultural absorption
cultural imperialism · cultural erasure · Westernization · colonialism · cultural genocide
indigenous traditionsindustrial society
Civilization centered on manufacturing