Cree The Cree are a populous and widely distributed Indigenous nation on Turtle Island. The Cree people live in what is now called Quebec, northwestern Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and the Northwest territories. In the western provinces, many Cree married with people from other First …
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Pow Wow
Pow Wow Du Vernet comments several times in his diary on the social significance of the pow wow for Ojibwe. He first uses the term when describing an interaction between Jeremiah Johnston and “Old Chief Great Hawk." To convince the chief to allow for Christian prayer, Johnston suggests that where …
Medicine Man
Medicine Man Du Vernet seemed to be aware of both the medicine men’s spiritual power and their social importance, which went hand in hand in the Ojibwe social world. These medicine men were important keepers of culture and ceremony tasked with the duty to carry on tradition, which explains why …