Table 4.

Independent Religious/Spiritual Practices

Reported Practice	AI/AN		non-AI/AN
	n	%	n	%
Prayer	29	58%	44	56%
Helping others	1	2%	7	9%
Native-specific rituals/practices	6	12%	1	1%
Reading	2	4%	7	9%
Arts	3	6%	3	4%
Meditation	2	4%	4	5%
Visiting a church	2	4%	3	4%
Other	8	16%	9	11%

Note: Eight categories of independent religious/spiritual practices, with percentages of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) and non-AI/AN participants who reported practices in each category (among the 112 participants who said they have done independent practices). Participants’ open-ended responses were categorized based on qualitative coding process, with 100% agreement between two coders. Some participants were coded for one more than category (13% in two categories; 3% in three).