The Midewiwin Or "Grand Medicine Society Of The Ojibwa

W. T. HOFFMAN

Publication: Government Printing Office, 1892, Washington

First Edition. Disbound. Pages 143-300. 22 Plates. Color, Folding Map. Songs illustrated throughout. Issued as part of the Seventh Annual Report Of The Bureau Of Ethnology To The Secretary Of The Smithsonian Institution 1885-'86. Disbound from The Miscellaneous Documents Of The House Of Representatives For The First Session Of The Fifty-Second Congress. 1891-'92. An ethnographic study providing an in-depth examination of the spiritual and healing practices of the Ojibwa people, focusing on their sacred society, the Midewiwin. The Midewiwin involves a structured system of initiation rites, healing ceremonies, and the transmission of spiritual teachings, particularly related to herbal medicine, moral living, and spiritual well-being. An important study of the teachings and practices of Shamans within the Ojibwa tribe, and their traditional religion. Fine.