Wisconsin Mounds

I think that the Mounds of Wisconsin are similar to that of the Cave of Lascaux.  As one can see, the animals pictured were vital to life.  The men used them to hunt and helped their survival.  The Indians of Wisconsin strongly relied on them for food too.  In Native American culture, some animals had the same spirit that they followed.  The Indians even named some of their people after animals for certain qualities that they possess.  The connection between Native Americans and animals is like that of no other culture.

Our own use of animals in the name of sports clubs is different than that of Indians.  We do not have the connection that Indians had with animals.  Most of us do not have a religion involving animals like Native Americans do.  We might name a sports club after something special to a region.  For example, the Baltimore Orioles get their name from the common Oriole bird in the Maryland area.  But that does not mean the people of Baltimore worship the Oriole or have it involved in religion at all.  

The religious significance in the Indian mounds might be how a great kill than a Native American might have achieved and when he dies the spirit of possibly a bison reflect each other.  An important aspect of animals and the Indians is that Native Americans always used every single piece of the animal when they were hunted.  Nothing whatsoever was wasted.  This really shows how sacred some animals were to Native Americans.