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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.
Abstract
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.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2019
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Frank W. Moore
- Field Date
- 1887-1889
- Coverage Date
- 1887-1889
- Coverage Place
- Minnesota, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
- Notes
- By W. J. Hoffman
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 16005504
- LCSH
- Ojibwa Indians