Traditional Ojibwa Religion and its Historical Changes

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Traditional Ojibwa Religion and its Historical Changes (Memoir 152)

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By Christopher Vecsey
Year: 1983
Pages: 233
Binding Paperback
ISBN 0871691523

Product Code: 0871691523

Description

Memoir 152
Describes & analyzes traditional Ojibwa religion (TOR) & the changes it has undergone through the last three centuries. Emphasizes the influence of Christian missions (CM) to the Ojibwas in effecting religious changes, & examines the concomitant changes in Ojibwa culture & environment through the historical period. Contents: Review of Sources; Criteria for Determining what was TOR; Ojibwa History; CM to the Ojibwas; Ojibwa Responses to CM; The Ojibwa Person, Living & Dead; The Manitos; Nanabozho & the Creation Myth; Ojibwa Relations with the Manitos; Puberty Fasting & Visions; Disease, Health, & Medicine; Religious Leadership; Midewiwin; Diverse Religious Movements; & The Loss of TOR. Maps & chart.

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