ABSTRACT
American Indian Spirituality as an oral tradition has no identifiable point of time origin and survives through its keepers who share and pass down the ancestral teachings. More a way of life than a religion, American Indian Spirituality is a shared cultural view that understands that the good health of one's family and community is dependent upon each individuals good relationship, alignment, and harmony with Great Spirit and all of Creation. Spiritual leaders, healers, and keepers of the oral tradition are recognized as such within their community and in other Native communities by their activities, their relationships, and their personal service within the community. American Indian Spirituality teaches that Great Spirit is immanent within all Creation and manifested and reflected in all aspects and elements of the created Earth and all its inhabitants: human, animal, fowl, plant life, the rocks, the waters, and so forth.
