Midewiwin, the Glossary
The Midewiwin (in syllabics: ᒥᑌᐧᐃᐧᐃᓐ, also spelled Midewin and Medewiwin) or the Grand Medicine Society is a religion of some of the Indigenous peoples of the Maritimes, New England and Great Lakes regions in North America.[1]
Table of Contents
43 relations: Abenaki, Abenaki mythology, Academic degree, Adena culture, Algonquin people, Animism, Anishinaabe, Anishinaabe clan system, Anishinaabe traditional beliefs, Basil H. Johnston, Birch bark, Cowrie, Doctorate, Energy medicine, Fort Ancient, Freemasonry, Glooscap, Great Lakes region, Hopewell tradition, Jiibayaabooz, Medicine man, Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Mille Lacs Indian Reservation, Mille Lacs Indians, Nanabozho, New England, North America, Ojibwe language, Ojibwe writing systems, Petroform, Petroglyph, Seven fires prophecy, Tengrism, The Maritimes, The red road, Turtle Island, Umbilical cord, Wabunowin, Walam Olum, Wampum, Whiteshell Provincial Park, Wigwam, Wiigwaasabak.
- Traditional healthcare occupations
Abenaki
The Abenaki (Abenaki: Wαpánahki) are Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands of Canada and the United States.
Abenaki mythology
The Abenaki people are an indigenous peoples of the Americas located in the Northeastern Woodlands region.
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Academic degree
An academic degree is a qualification awarded to a student upon successful completion of a course of study in higher education, usually at a college or university.
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Adena culture
The Adena culture was a Pre-Columbian Native American culture that existed from 500 BCE to 100 CE, in a time known as the Early Woodland period.
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Algonquin people
The Algonquin people are an Indigenous people who now live in Eastern Canada.
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Animism
Animism (from meaning 'breath, spirit, life') is the belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence.
Anishinaabe
The Anishinaabe (alternatively spelled Anishinabe, Anicinape, Nishnaabe, Neshnabé, Anishinaabeg, Anishinabek, Aanishnaabe) are a group of culturally related Indigenous peoples present in the Great Lakes region of Canada and the United States.
Anishinaabe clan system
The Anishinaabe, like most Algonquian-speaking groups in North America, base their system of kinship on clans or totems.
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Anishinaabe traditional beliefs
Anishinaabe traditional beliefs cover the traditional belief system of the Anishinaabeg peoples, consisting of the Algonquin/Nipissing, Ojibwa/Chippewa/Saulteaux/Mississaugas, Odawa, Potawatomi and Oji-Cree, located primarily in the Great Lakes region of North America. Midewiwin and Anishinaabe traditional beliefs are native American religion.
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Basil H. Johnston
Basil H. Johnston (13 July 1929 – 8 September 2015) was an Anishinaabe (Ojibwa) and Canadian writer, storyteller, language teacher and scholar.
See Midewiwin and Basil H. Johnston
Birch bark
Birch bark or birchbark is the bark of several Eurasian and North American birch trees of the genus Betula.
Cowrie
Cowrie or cowry is the common name for a group of small to large sea snails in the family Cypraeidae.
Doctorate
A doctorate (from Latin doctor, meaning "teacher") or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism licentia docendi ("licence to teach").
Energy medicine
Energy medicine is a branch of alternative medicine based on a pseudo-scientific belief that healers can channel "healing energy" into a patient and effect positive results.
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Fort Ancient
The Fort Ancient culture is a Native American archaeological culture that dates back to.
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Freemasonry
Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 14th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients.
Glooscap
Glooscap (variant forms and spellings Gluskabe, Glooskap, Gluskabi, Kluscap, Kloskomba, or Gluskab) is a legendary figure of the Wabanaki peoples, native peoples located in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Atlantic Canada.
Great Lakes region
The Great Lakes region of Northern America is a binational Canadian–American region centered around the Great Lakes that includes the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin and the Canadian province of Ontario.
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Hopewell tradition
The Hopewell tradition, also called the Hopewell culture and Hopewellian exchange, describes a network of precontact Native American cultures that flourished in settlements along rivers in the northeastern and midwestern Eastern Woodlands from 100 BCE to 500 CE, in the Middle Woodland period.
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Jiibayaabooz
Jiibayaabooz (in syllabics: ᒋᐸᔮᐴᔅ) in a figure in Ojibwe mythology, also known as Chipiapoos or Cheeby-aub-oozoo, meaning "Spirit Rabbit" or "Ghost of Rabbit".
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Medicine man
A medicine man (from Ojibwe mashkikiiwinini) or medicine woman (from Ojibwe mashkikiiwininiikwe) is a traditional healer and spiritual leader who serves a community of Indigenous people of the Americas. Midewiwin and medicine man are traditional healthcare occupations.
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Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
The Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie (MNTP) is a tallgrass prairie reserve and is preserved as United States National Grassland operated by the United States Forest Service.
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Mille Lacs Indian Reservation
Mille Lacs Indian Reservation is the popular name for the land-base for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe in Central Minnesota, about 100 miles (160 km) north of Minneapolis-St. Paul.
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Mille Lacs Indians
The Mille Lacs Indians (Ojibwe: Misi-zaaga'iganiwininiwag), also known as the Mille Lacs and Snake River Band of Chippewa, are a Band of Indians formed from the unification of the Mille Lacs Band of Mississippi Chippewa (Ojibwe) with the Mille Lacs Band of Mdewakanton Sioux (Dakota).
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Nanabozho
Nanabozho (in syllabics: ᓇᓇᐳᔓ), also known as Nanabush, is a spirit in Anishinaabe ''aadizookaan'' (traditional storytelling), particularly among the Ojibwe.
New England
New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.
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Ojibwe language
Ojibwe, also known as Ojibwa, Ojibway, Otchipwe,R.
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Ojibwe writing systems
Ojibwe is an indigenous language of North America from the Algonquian language family.
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Petroform
Petroforms, also known as boulder outlines or boulder mosaics, are human-made shapes and patterns made by lining up large rocks on the open ground, often on quite level areas.
Petroglyph
A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art.
Seven fires prophecy
Seven fires prophecy is an Anishinaabe prophecy that marks phases, or epochs, in the life of the people on Turtle Island, the original name given by the indigenous peoples of the now North American continent. Midewiwin and Seven fires prophecy are native American religion.
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Tengrism
Tengrism (also known as Tengriism, Tengerism, or Tengrianism) is a religion originating in the Eurasian steppes, based on shamanism and animism.
The Maritimes
The Maritimes, also called the Maritime provinces, is a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.
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The red road
The red road is a modern English-language concept of the right path of life, as inspired by some of the beliefs found in a variety of Native American spiritual teachings. Midewiwin and the red road are native American religion.
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Turtle Island
Turtle Island is a name for Earth or North America, used by some American Indigenous peoples, as well as by some Indigenous rights activists.
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Umbilical cord
In placental mammals, the umbilical cord (also called the navel string, birth cord or funiculus umbilicalis) is a conduit between the developing embryo or fetus and the placenta.
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Wabunowin
The Wabunowin (also spelled Wabanowin, Wabenowin, and Wabunohwin; Waabanoowin or Waabanowiwin in the "double-vowel" spelling) is the "Dawn Society", also sometime improperly called the "Magical Dawn Society", a distinct Anishinaabeg society of visionaries, practiced among the Anishinaabeg peoples, consisting of the Algonquin/Nipissing, Ojibwa/Chippewa/Saulteaux/Mississaugas, Odawa, Potawatomi and Oji-cree, located primarily in the Great Lakes region of North America. Midewiwin and Wabunowin are native American religion.
Walam Olum
The Walam Olum, Walum Olum or Wallam Olum, usually translated as "Red Record" or "Red Score", is purportedly a historical narrative of the Lenape (Delaware) Native American tribe.
Wampum
Wampum is a traditional shell bead of the Eastern Woodlands tribes of Native Americans.
Whiteshell Provincial Park
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Wigwam
A wigwam, wickiup, wetu (Wampanoag), or wiigiwaam (Ojibwe, in syllabics: ᐧᐄᑭᐧᐋᒻ) is a semi-permanent domed dwelling formerly used by certain Native American tribes and First Nations people and still used for ceremonial events.
Wiigwaasabak
A wiigwaasabak (in Anishinaabe syllabics: ᐧᐆᒃᐧᐋᓴᐸᒃ, plural: wiigwaasabakoon ᐧᐆᒃᐧᐋᓴᐸᑰᓐ) is a birch bark scroll, on which the Ojibwa (Anishinaabe) people of North America wrote with a written language composed of complex geometrical patterns and shapes.
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See also
Traditional healthcare occupations
- Acupuncturists
- Albularyo
- Angakkuq
- Apothecary
- Bhumka
- Bomoh
- Cleverman
- Curandero
- Dukun
- Filipino shamans
- Folk healer
- Herbalists
- Hilot
- History of medicine in the Philippines
- Iatromantis
- Jarrah (surgeon)
- Jhākri
- Kabiraj
- Kahuna
- Kallawaya
- Leech collector
- Lāʻau lapaʻau
- Machi (shaman)
- Mananambal
- Medicine man
- Midewiwin
- Midwifery
- Nganga
- Noaidi
- Oracionista
- Pawang
- Traditional birth attendant
- Traditional healers of Southern Africa
- Traiteur (faith healer)
- Vaidya
- Witch doctor
- Wu (shaman)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midewiwin
Also known as Grand Medicine Society, Medeoulin, Midewiwin Brotherhood, Midewiwin Society, Native Traditions.