Reference notebook outline 1.The Americas (Naskapi Indians) The faith perspective originated in New Foundland around 1935. They were concerned with outside technologies that could affect their way of life.B.Mistapeo is the founder of the Naskapi religion1.It taught them to respect their ancestors and the animals. The great man also helped them to become helpful and moral.2.The great man lives in every mans heart and he draws his experience from each mans life.C.His followers are the Naskapi people.1.They respect the souls of the hunted animals and they help each other.2.They practice Christianity3.The conflict in the Naskapi is that Christianity does not aid them in survival so they have to rely on their native religion.D.The Naskapi do not have any scriptures because they were to busy surviving.2.Tenets of the faithA.The absolute1.They believe that the soul is the absolute of the Naskapi universe and it leads to an understanding of the essential nature of the universe and humans.B.The nature of the world, humans, & the problem for humans1. human condition expresses its self as peaceful life and death, reincarnation.C.Religious solutions1. The answer to the human condition is to look into your heat and find your answer from the great man, and respect the animals.D.Ethical formation1.It brings the Naskapi closer to each other.2.Respecting the gods and helping constitutes ethical behavior.E.Ritual expressions1. They dont have rituals but they function within the faith as a vessel for the great man and his teachings....
