Midewiwin

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• Among the Chippewa, three formal avenues of medicine practice have traditionally been sought: those of the Midewiwin, the Je'sako, and the Wa'bano.

  Academic text (1997)

• During the Midewiwin song service, it is the custom that when drumming, singing, or praying is not going on, someone is speaking (Spindler, 716).

  Academic text (1997)

• The notion of return to life is implicit in the Midewiwin ceremony.

  Academic text (1997)

• From this information, we note that both Midewiwin and Je'sako rites were organized around the intent to create, maintain, or restore harmony and health to one's people.

  Academic text (1997)

• The antagonism between shamanistic Midewiwin, Je'sako, and Wa'bano paths forms part of an ongoing cosmic drama.

  Academic text (1997)

• 5 Songs of the Chippewa Grand Medicine Society, the Midewiwin, and archaeological evidence support the theory that the Chippewa left their homes on the Atlantic seaboard in the fifteenth century and settled in the Great Lakes region.

  Academic text (1997)

• Spindler, Keesing, Barnouw, Landes, and others present details of Midewiwin ceremonies observed by Whites and explain them to some extent with the assistance of tribal members.

  Academic text (1997)

• Birch bark scrolls, on which mnemonic devices for ceremonial teachings were inscribed by the Ojibwa Midewiwin, or Grand Medicine Society, are the subject of two papers.

  Academic text (1990)

• Of course, the Chippewa never ceased telling their story, but they told it in hidden transcripts that white audiences could not decode—in Midewiwin rituals, songs, and pictographs, and through individual acts of resistance.

  Academic text (1997)

• The Midewiwin is renowned for its intricate healing rituals and deep spiritual beliefs.

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