Both the Navajo and the Cherokee use animals in their creation stories.
Both also have a source creator; meaning a starting point. This starting point is a deity of some sort.
Navajo and Cherokee Indians hold the same belief on the afterlife in the sense that they believe once we die we will rise up into a heavenly place to meet with spirits. Together, all of the spirits then decide what will happen to them in the afterlife.

In general, all creation stories begin the same - there is the God of that faith that simply brings all creation into existence. This deity is all-powerful and is honored dearly.
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