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Traditional Māori religion. Traditional Māori religion, that is, the pre-European belief-system of the Māori, differed little from that of their tropical Eastern Polynesian homeland (Hawaiki Nui), conceiving of everything – including natural elements and all living things – as connected by common descent through whakapapa or genealogy.
Māori (Māori: [ˈmaːɔɾi] ⓘ) [ i ] are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand (Aotearoa). Māori originated with settlers from East Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several waves of canoe voyages between roughly 1320 and 1350. [ 13 ]
The Pai Mārire movement (commonly known as Hauhau) was a syncretic Māori religion founded in Taranaki by the prophet Te Ua Haumēne. It flourished in the North Island from about 1863 to 1874. [1] Pai Mārire incorporated biblical and Māori spiritual elements and promised its followers deliverance from ' pākehā ' (British) domination. [2]
e. The history of the Māori began with the arrival of Polynesian settlers in New Zealand (Aotearoa in Māori), in a series of ocean migrations in canoes starting from the late 13th or early 14th centuries. Over time, in isolation the Polynesian settlers developed a distinct Māori culture. Early Māori history is often divided into two periods ...
Native Americans in the United States, Greenlandic Inuit, Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Indigenous peoples in Canada also known as Aboriginals) [ 2 ] are the Indigenous peoples within the boundaries of Canada. They comprise the First Nations, [ 3 ] Inuit, [ 4 ] and Métis, [ 5 ] representing roughly 5.0% of the total Canadian population.
Haida people. The Haida (English: / ˈhaɪdə /, Haida: X̱aayda, X̱aadas, X̱aad, X̱aat) are an Indigenous group who have traditionally occupied Haida Gwaii, an archipelago just off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, for at least 12,500 years. [3] The Haida are known for their craftsmanship, trading skills, and seamanship.
The Haida are one of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. Their national territories lie along the west coast of Canada and include parts of south east Alaska. Haida mythology is an indigenous religion that can be described as a nature religion, drawing on the natural world, seasonal patterns, events and ...
The son of kīngi Pōtatau te Wherowhero, Tāwhiao was elected the second Māori King after his father's death in 1860. [3][4] Unlike his unenthusiastic father, Tāwhiao embraced the kingship, and responded immediately to the challenge of ongoing Raukawa and Tainui support for Te Āti Awa during the First Taranaki War.