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    The Midewiwin (in syllabics: ᒥᑌᐧᐃᐧᐃᓐ, also spelled Midewin and Medewiwin) or the Grand Medicine Society is a religion of some of the Indigenous peoples...
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    America. The Anishinaabe have four different Medicine Societies. The Midewiwin (also spelled Midewin and Medewiwin) is the Grand Medicine Society of...
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  • they reached puberty. Another important aspect of Ojibwe religion is the midewiwin, a society whose rituals engage with the manitouk to oversee healing....
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    trade in copper, and their harvesting of wild rice and maple syrup. Their Midewiwin Society is well respected as the keeper of detailed and complex scrolls...
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    of complex geometrical patterns and shapes. When used specifically for Midewiwin ceremonial use, these scrolls are called mide-wiigwaas (in syllabics:...
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  • Northeastern Woodlands region. Their religious beliefs are part of the Midewiwin tradition, with ceremonies led by medicine keepers, called Medeoulin or...
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    Today, many Algonquin practice traditional Midewiwin or a syncretic merging of Christianity and Midewiwin. In the oral history of the Great Anishinaabeg...
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  • Seven fires prophecy was originally taught among the practitioners of Midewiwin.[citation needed] William Commanda, an Algonquin elder and former chief...
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    and simplified. A headless X-shaped thunderbird was found on an Ojibwe midewiwin disc dating to 1250–1400 CE. In an 18th-century manuscript (a "daybook"...
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    are private, and often of a personal and religious nature. Medicine man Midewiwin Medicine wheel Jones, Blackwolf; Jones, Gina (2010). Listen to the Drum:...
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    Sundanese Wiwitan Native American Abenaki Alaskan Anishinaabe Ojibwe Midewiwin Wabunowin Apache Blackfoot Californian Kuksu Miwok Ohlone Pomo Cherokee...
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  • Anishinaabeland (Canada, United States) Mississaugas, Saulteaux, Findians Midewiwin Okies Indo-European → Germanic → English → Oklahoman English United States...
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    and took a reservation at Red Cliff. Those who maintained traditional Midewiwin beliefs settled at Bad River. The two bands, however, maintain close relations...
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    Sundanese Wiwitan Native American Abenaki Alaskan Anishinaabe Ojibwe Midewiwin Wabunowin Apache Blackfoot Californian Kuksu Miwok Ohlone Pomo Cherokee...
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    the plants and animals. Nanabozho is considered to be the founder of Midewiwin. He is the inventor of fishing and hieroglyphs. This historical figure...
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  • ceremonies to comfort his grieving brother. This became the core of the Midewiwin rituals that Gluskab then passed onto the humans. The Anishinaabeg give...
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    ancient languages of their people, and sometimes drumming are common. The Midewiwin Lodge is a medicine society inspired by the oral history and prophesies...
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    instructions given to the Anishinaabe by the Creator. The Anishinaabe Midewiwin, or Grand Medicine Society, considers the area containing the petroforms...
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  • vocal songs with accompaniment on percussion, used to mark occasions like Midewiwin ceremonies and Sun Dances. Traditionally, Aboriginal peoples used the...
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    cowrie shells which are called sacred miigis shells or whiteshells in Midewiwin ceremonies, and the Whiteshell Provincial Park in Manitoba, Canada is...
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    Sundanese Wiwitan Native American Abenaki Alaskan Anishinaabe Ojibwe Midewiwin Wabunowin Apache Blackfoot Californian Kuksu Miwok Ohlone Pomo Cherokee...
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  • Sundanese Wiwitan Native American Abenaki Alaskan Anishinaabe Ojibwe Midewiwin Wabunowin Apache Blackfoot Californian Kuksu Miwok Ohlone Pomo Cherokee...
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  • Michilimackinac on their journey westward from the Atlantic coast. Using the Midewiwin scrolls, Potawatomi elder Shup-Shewana dated the formation of the Council...
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    beliefs similar to Anishinaabe traditional beliefs, different structure. Midewiwin or the Grand Medicine Society and Wabunowin or the Dawn Society are a...
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  • preserve in Illinois, USA (name based on alternate spelling of Midewiwin). Midewiwin, an aboriginal North American religion/society This disambiguation...
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    Native American Church Longhouse Religion Sun Dance Keetoowah Society Midewiwin Wabunowin Wocekiye Groups National Association for the Advancement of...
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    Native American Church Longhouse Religion Sun Dance Keetoowah Society Midewiwin Wabunowin Wocekiye Groups National Association for the Advancement of...
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    Languages English, Ojibwe, Michif[citation needed] Religion Catholicism, Methodism, Midewiwin Related ethnic groups Chippewa Cree, Ottawa, Potawatomi, Métis...
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    Mississagi River. The Mississauga called for the core Anishinaabe to Midewiwin, meaning 'return to the path of the good life'. The core Anishinaabe peoples...
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  • Sirenik shamanism Andoque religion Anishinaabe beliefs Ojibwe beliefs Midewiwin Wabunowin Apache religion Arhuaco spirituality Atacama religion Blackfoot...
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