The Midewiwin is the Society of the Mide or Shamans, popularly designated as the Grand Medicine Society.
Originally published in 1891 in the Bulletin of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Seventh Annual Report, 1885-1886..
Its ritual, and the traditions of Indian genesis and cosmogony, constitute a powerful religion.
It is found in many Algonkin tribes.
The Midewiwin is the Society of the Mide or Shamans, popularly designated as the Grand Medicine Society