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The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa
U. S. Bureau of Ethnology, seventh annual report • Washington • Published In 1891 • Pages: 143-300
By: Hoffman, Walter James.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph is concerned mostly with the process by which a neophite becomes a Mide' or shaman. The initiation ritual for each of the four degrees of the Mide'wiwin society is described in detail. The mnemonic devices or picture writings which serve as guides to the ritual are reproduced in the text. Very little information is given on other aspects of Ojibwa culture.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Pharmaceuticals
- Mnemonic devices
- Music
- Literary texts
- Magical and mental therapy
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Mythology
- Magic
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ojibwa
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Frank W. Moore
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1887-1889
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1887-1889
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Minnesota, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
- NotesAdditional notes
- By W. J. Hoffman
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 16005504
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ojibwa Indians