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Fair Wind: medicine and consolation in the Berens River
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association • Ottawa • Published In 1993 • Pages: 55-74
By: Brown, Jennifer S. H., 1940, Matthews, Maureen.
Abstract
This article presents a biographical sketch of Fair Wind (Naamiwan), an Ojibwa healer and leader known along the Berens River of Manitoba and northwestern Ontario during the early to mid-twentieth century. The paper describes his life and explores the nature of his religious leadership, based in large part on the memories of his descendants, and on the records left by the ethnologist Hallowell, the reports of numerous fur traders and missionaries, and others who visited the region during his lifetime (1851-1944). The document also describes the origin and development of Fair Wind's distinctive drum ceremonial, the roots of which extended to the Drum Dance that originated in Minnesota in the 1870s (p. 55).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1998
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- ca. 1900-1944
- Coverage Place
- Northern Ojibwa: Berens River area of Manitoba and northwestern Ontario, Canada
- Notes
- Jenifer S. H. Brown in collaboration with Maureen Matthews
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- sn 91034786
- LCSH
- Ojibwa Indians