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Sweating Tent<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Ojibwe wigwam at Manitou Rapids Reserve, Ontario, ca. 1910. Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Walking around Long Sault on Sunday July 17, Jeremiah Johnston and Du Vernet visit \u201cgrandfather\u2019s place,” where nearby there is \u201csweating tent.” Du Vernet describes the \u201csweating tent\u201d with a keen eye and in great detail: \u201cthree willow branches bent for frame of a small tent 3 ft. high. This when being used is covered with a blanket + four stones heated red-hot are placed in it. The person who is going to take the degree sits inside while boiling water is thrown onto the stones.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A sweat may be conducted for many reasons and is often done for the purposes of physical, mental, and spiritual healing and cleansing. A profoundly emotional and physically challenging experience, going through a sweat often brings psychological and spiritual clarity to people. Sweats continue to be an important path for Ojibwe and other Indigenous groups in North America to pursue health and wellness and are widely practiced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christian missionaries often derided the sweat lodge as a \u201cheathen\u201d practice. Interestingly, Du Vernet\u2019s account of the \u201csweating tent\u201d does not condemn the practice, which is in contrast with his description of the \u201cmedicine tent.” Walking with Jeremiah Johnston as his guide, he simply notes several women doing beadwork next to the sweat lodge, and that a \u201cmedicine man\u201d was required to take eight \u201cdegrees\u201d of a sweat in order to practice. Jeremiah Johnston was undoubtedly the person who taught Du Vernet about the sweat lodge. The quality of Frederick\u2019s observations reveals something of Jeremiah\u2019s familiarity with and perhaps even acceptance of Ojibwe ceremony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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