@raeanne-dimick yes I can verify this as I am a member of a Northwest Native American tribe. Lummi.🙂👍
Totemism
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The system of distinguishing families, clans, etc., in a
tribe by the totem.
Totemism meaning & definition 1 of Totemism.
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The recognition of a special relationship between a human group or an individual and a class or species of animals, plants, or inanimate objects. The ritual relationship is usually seen as [mandated] by [superhuman] forces for [the mutual] benefit of the human and the totemic objects.
Totemism meaning & definition 2 of Totemism.
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