Gitche Manitou (or Gitchi Manitou, Gitchie Manitou, Gitchee Manitou, Kitche Manitou; Gichi-manidoo in the contemporary spelling), in traditional Algonquian First Nations culture, is the Great Spirit, the Creator of all things and the Giver of Life. "Manitou" is an Algonquin word for "spirit", and "Gitche Manitou" means "Great Spirit". Its actual meaning comes closer to "Great Connection". French explorers reported the name as "Grand Manitou". The Ojibwe language is an Algonquian American Indian language spoken throughout the Great Lakes region and westward onto the northern plains. ... The Algonquian (also Algonkian) languages are a subfamily of Native American languages that includes most of the languages in the Algic language family (others are Wiyot and Yurok of northwestern California). ... First Nations is a term of ethnicity used in Canada. ... The Great Spiritpoo is a conception of a supreme being prevalent among Native American and First Nations cultures. ... This article is about the Native American tribe. ... The Great Spiritpoo is a conception of a supreme being prevalent among Native American and First Nations cultures. ...

Gitche Manitou

The name of the Province of Manitoba, or Manitou-abah, in Canada, is obviously related to this Algonquian or Ojibway word for Spirit, Creator, or even Great Spirit. Also, in Manitoba's Whiteshell Provincial Park there are very large petroforms of all types found in North America that may indicate one of many spiritual and trade centers of North America for teachings, passing along skills, and for story telling. One common story is that this is where the Great Spirit sits, and where the first humans were placed on Earth. The 3 billion year old granite in the Whiteshell Park area may have had great significance for ancient peoples in the area. The park is named after the white cowry shells used in Midewiwin ceremonies to this day, and these shells were traded across North America from their natural sources in salt water oceans. Birch bark scrolls record some of the history of Ojibway migrations that discovered these sacred shells across the Great Lakes region that were used in ceremonies that honour and give thanks to the Creator. Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Latin: Glorious and free) Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Official languages English and French, per mandate of the Constitution Act 1982 Government - Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard - Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 14 - Senate seats 6 Confederation July 15, 1870 (5th... Chippewa redirects here. ... Whiteshell Provincial Park is one of the Provincial Parks along the Eastern border of Manitoba, near Ontario, Canada. ... Petroforms are large shapes that were made out of large rocks. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... Species Cypraea annulus Cypraea moneta Cypraea pantherina Cypraea spurca Cypraea tigris Cypraea vitellus Cyprea linx Various species of Cowry from all over the world Cowry shells (also spelled “cowrie”), are marine snails of the genus Cypraea (family Cypraeidae), found chiefly in tropical regions, especially around the Maldives or the East... The Midewiwin (also spelled Midewin and Medewiwin) is from the term for the Grand Medicine Society of the aboriginal groups of the Maritimes, New England and Great Lakes regions in North America. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... The Ojibwa (Anishinaabe) people of North America had written down complex geometrical patterns and shapes on birch bark scrolls. ... The Great Lakes from space The Great Lakes are a group of five large lakes in North America on or near the Canada-United States border. ...

In addition to the Algonquin Anishinaabeg and their other Anishinaabe relations, Gitche Manitou was known to other tribes. Furthermore, references to the Great Manitou by the Cheyenne and the Oglala Sioux (notably in the recollections of Black Elk), indicate that belief in this deity extended into the Great Plains and possibly across the wider group of Algonquian peoples. Anishinaabe or more properly Anishinaabeg or Anishinabek (which is the plural form of the word) is a self-description often used by people belonging to the indigenous Odawa, Ojibwe, and Algonkin peoples of North America, who share closely related Algonquian languages. ... Anishinaabe or more properly Anishinaabeg or Anishinabek (which is the plural form of the word) is a self-description often used by people belonging to the indigenous Odawa, Ojibwe, and Algonkin peoples of North America, who share closely related Algonquian languages. ... Cheyenne lodges with buffalo meat drying, 1870 For other uses, see Cheyenne (disambiguation). ... Alternative meaning: Lakota, Côte dIvoire is a département of Côte dIvoire. ... Black Elk (Hehaka Sapa) (c. ... The Great Plains covers much of the central United States, portions of Canada and Mexico. ... Algonquian Indians are one of the most populous and widespread North American Native groups, with tribes originally numbering in the hundreds, and hundreds of thousands who still identify with various Algonquian peoples. ...

Gitche Manitou is often treated as those cultures' analogue to the Christian God. When early Christian missionaries preached the Gospel to the Algonquian peoples, they absorbed Gitche Manitou as a name for God through the process of syncretism. This can be seen, for example, in the words of the "Huron Carol". Other related names for God incorporated through the process of syncretism are Gizhe-manidoo ("Merciful Manidoo"), Wenizhishid-manidoo ("Fair Manidoo") and Gichi-ojichaag ("Great Spirit"). While Gichi-manidoo and Gichi-ojichaag both mean "Great Spirit", Gichi-manidoo carried the idea of the greater spiritual connectivity while Gichi-ojichaag carried the idea of individual's soul's connectivity to the Gichi-manidoo. Consequently, Christian missionaries often used the term Gichi-ojichaag to refer to the Christian idea of a Holy Spirit. Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. ... This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ... A missionary is traditionally defined as a propagator of religion who works to convert those outside that community; someone who proselytizes. ... For other uses, see Gospel (disambiguation). ... Syncretism is the attempt to reconcile disparate, even opposing, beliefs and to meld practices of various schools of thought. ... The Huron Carol (or Twas in the Moon of Wintertime) is a Christmas hymn, written in 1643 by Jean de Brébeuf, a Christian missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons. ... Syncretism is the attempt to reconcile disparate, even opposing, beliefs and to meld practices of various schools of thought. ... A missionary is traditionally defined as a propagator of religion who works to convert those outside that community; someone who proselytizes. ... In various religions, most notably Trinitarian Christianity, the Holy Spirit (in Hebrew רוח הקודש Ruah haqodesh; also called the Holy Ghost) is the third consubstantial Person of the Holy Trinity. ...

Manitou as mystical term

The term Manitou itself refers to the concept of one aspect of the interconnection and balance of nature/life, similar to the East Asian concept of qi; in simpler terms it can refer to a spirit. This spirit is seen as a (contactable) person as well as a concept. Everything has its own manitou—every plant, every stone and even machines. In the shamanistic traditions the manitous (or manidoog or manidoowag) are connected to achieve a desired effect, like plant manitous for healing or the buffalo manitou for a good hunt. In the Anishinaabeg tradition manidoowag are one aspect of the Great Connection. Related terms used by the Anishinaabeg are manidoowish for small animal manidoowag and manidoons for insects; both terms mean "little spirit". Manitou may refer to: Manitou, Oklahoma Manitou, Manitoba Manitou River (Ontario) Manitou, New York train station Manitou, the German-style board game Gitche Manitou, the Great Spirit among Native American and First Nations cultures. ... QI, standing for Quite Interesting and a play on IQ, is a comedy panel game television show hosted by Stephen Fry and shown on BBC Two and BBC Four. ... The English word spirit comes from the Latin spiritus (breath). // The English word spirit comes from the Latin spiritus, meaning breath (compare spiritus asper), but also soul, courage, vigor, ultimately from a PIE root *(s)peis- (to blow). In the Vulgate, the Latin word translates Greek (πνευμα), pneuma (Hebrew (רוח) ruah), as... Shamanism is a range of traditional beliefs and practices that involve the ability to diagnose, cure, and sometimes cause human suffering because of a special relationship with, or control over, spirits. ... Anishinaabe or more properly Anishinaabeg or Anishinabek (which is the plural form of the word) is a self-description often used by people belonging to the indigenous Odawa, Ojibwe, and Algonkin peoples of North America, who share closely related Algonquian languages. ...

This Manitous do not exist in a hierarchy like European gods/goddesses, but are more akin to one part of the body interacting with another and the spirit of everything; namely the collective is named Gitche Manitou.

Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron is said by some to be the home of Gitche Manitou. Both Manitowish Waters and Manitowoc, Wisconsin were also considered a spiritual place to find the presence of Gitche Manitou due to the Manitowish and Manitowoc Rivers being fish spawning grounds, where life and death joined together. Manitoulin Island is the worlds largest freshwater lake island, with an area of 2,766 square kilometres (1068 square miles). ... Ipperwash Beach, Lake Huron. ... Manitowish Waters is a town located in Vilas County, Wisconsin. ... Nickname: The Port City, Manty Location of Manitowoc in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin County Manitowoc  - Mayor Kevin M. Crawford(D) Area    - City 44. ... The Manitowoc River is a river, about 40 mi (65 km) long, in eastern Wisconsin in the United States. ...

See also

• The Song of Hiawatha

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External links

• Mackinac Island
• Wisconsin History
• Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians

References

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• Hoffman, Walter James, M.D. The Mide'wiwin: Grand Medicine Society of the Ojibway. (2005, Lightning Source Inc.)
• Johnston, Basil. Ojibway Ceremonies. (1990, University of Nebraska Press).
• Johnston, Basil. The Manitous: the spiritual world of the Ojibway. (2001, Minnesota Historical Society Press). you like barbies
• Nichols, John D. and Earl Nyholm. A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe. (1995, University of Minnesota Press).
• Cuoq, Jean André. Lexique de la Langue Algonquine. (1886, J. Chapleau & Fils).
• Rhodes, Richard A. Eastern Ojibwa-Chippewa-Ottawa Dictionary. (1985, Mouton de Gruyter).