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Native American spirituality includes a number of stories and legends that are mythological. Native American mythology helps explain or symbolizes Native American beliefs.

• Abenaki Native American tribe located in the northeastern United States. Religious ceremonies are led by shamans, called Medeoulin (Mdawinno).
• Anishinaabe located primarily in the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada.
• Aztec. Myths and legends of Mesoamerican culture, recognized many gods and supernatural creatures.
• Blackfoot tribe of Native Americans who currently live in Montana. They lived west of the Great Lakes and lived in Montana and Alberta and participated in Plains Indian culture.
• Cherokee. Native American culture who mainly live in the southeastern United States and in Oklahoma.
• Creek tribe of Native Americans from the southeastern United States. The shaman was called an Alektca.
• Crow Native Americans live in the Great Plains area of the United States. The shaman of the tribe was known as an Akbaalia ("healer").
• Guarani people of the south-central part of South America, especially the native peoples of Paraguay and parts of the surrounding areas of Argentina, Brazil, and Bolivia.
• Ho-Chunk and Winnebago are tribes of Native Americans, which were once a single tribe living in Wisconsin.
• Hopi tribe of Native Americans located in the southwestern United States.
• Incan South American culture, with myths and legends which survived amongst the native peoples.
• Inuit similarities to the religions of other polar regions. Inuit traditional religious practices could be very briefly summarised as a form of shamanism based on animist principles.
• Wyandot (sometimes formerly referred to as the Huron) are a First Nations/Native American people originally from Ontario, Canada, and surrounding areas.
• Lakota Native American tribe, also known as the Sioux.
• Ohlone mythology, a Native American people in Northern California.
• Mapuche, South American culture of native peoples of Chile and some regions of Argentina.
• Maya, Mesoamerican culture with extensive polytheistic beliefs.
• Miwok mythology, a Native American people in Northern California.
• Navajo tribe of Native Americans who live in the southwestern United States.
• Pawnee tribe of Native Americans originally located in Nebraska, United States.
• Pomo mythology, a Native American people in Northern California.
• Seneca tribe was one of the Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy from the northeastern United States.

• Circumpolar religion
• Circumpolar mythology
• Earth-maker myth, Native American, California.

• Apache Texts
• Chiricahua & Mescalero Apache Texts
• Jicarilla Apache Texts