Midewiwin Essays

  • The Ojibway Culture

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    The Ojibway Culture "The Ojibways affirm that long before they became aware of the white man's presence on this continent, their coming was prophesied by one of their old men, whose great sanctity and oft-repeated fasts enabled him to commune with spirits and see far into the future. He prophesied that the white spirits would come in numbers like sand on the lake shore, and would sweep the red race from the hunting grounds which the Great Spirit had given them as an inheritance. It was

  • Harry Wells 'The Penobscot Nation (Algonkian'

    1187 Words  | 3 Pages

    Harry Wells Indian histories Professor Kristy Feldhousen-Giles Final The Penobscot nation (Algonkian by the book) As you may have heard some of my family originate from the Penobscot nation, My grandfather's grandmother was a full blooded Penobscot Indian. This makes me 1/64th, I know it's not much however I have lots of intrigue into my family history and this would be part of it. So I looked into my families history through Indian history and combed pages, internet, and information alike, to