The Native Americans also believed in the afterlife. When they killed an enemy they would take the dead body and scalp it. This means that they would cut the head and take out the brain. They believed that someone could not go to the afterlife if that person didn't have their brain. So when they had the dead body they would take out the brain so they would have less enemies in the afterlife. They did this mostly when they fought with they European warriors, so they wouldn't have to fight the European warriors again.
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