Today's prayers mainly ask for peace and love among people, express deep thankfulness for all creation and ask for guidance in daily activities. In the spirituality of hunting, gathering and fishing tribes there is a sense of the very close relationship between humans and other creatures. Spiritual insights are gained through dreams and visions, and ecstasy is often experienced. Some tribes have changed in the course of their long history from an agrarian to a hunting life style and back again. The traditions are, therefore, often blended together.
Many tribes have secret associations who are the bearers of cultural and spiritual life.
Ritual dances in masks, which represent ancestry or mythical beings, are among the ceremonies of these associations. They may contain parts of animals, flute, rattle, club, flint, lighters, among other items. The Sacred Bundles belong to the tribe as a whole. Sacred Bundles have been bestowed to an ancestor of a particular tribe in some mythical past. These Bundles are usually made from buffalo leather and contain objects of special meaning to the whole tribe.