The Midē Wiwin or Grand Medicine Society

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The Ojibwa is one of the largest tribes of the United States, and it is scattered over a considerable area, from the Province of Ontario, on the east, to the Red River of the North, on the west, and from Manitoba southward through the States of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. This tribe is, strictly speaking, a timber people, and in its westward migration or dispersion has never passed beyond the limit of the timber growth which so remarkably divides the State of Minnesota into two parts possessing distinct physical features. The western portion of this State is a gently undulating prairie which sweeps away to the Rocky Mountains, while the eastern portion is heavily timbered. The dividing line, at or near the meridian of 95° 50' west longitude, extends due north and south, and at a point about 75 miles south of the northern boundary the timber line trends toward the northwest, crossing the State line, 49° north latitude, at about 97° 10' west longitude. Read More...

• Introduction
• Shamans
• Midē´Wiwin
  • Bear Spirit
  • Little Bear Boy
  • The Otter
  • Makwa´ Man´idō
  • Midē´wigân
• First degree
  • Preparatory instruction
  • Midē´ therapeutics
  • Imploration for clear weather
  • Initiation of candidate
  • Descriptive notes
• Second degree
  • Preparation of candidate
  • Initiation of candidate
  • Descriptive notes
• Third degree
  • Preparation of candidate
  • Initiation of candidate
  • Descriptive notes
• Fourth degree
  • Preparation of candidate
  • Initiation of candidate
  • Descriptive notes
• Dzhibai´ Midē´wigân
  • Initiation by substitution
• Supplementary notes
  • Pictography
  • Music
  • Dress and ornaments
  • Future of the society
• Plates and Figures

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The Midē Wiwin or Grand Medicine Society, 1891

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