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    Gitche Manitou (Gitchi Manitou, Kitchi Manitou, etc.) means "Great Spirit" in several Algonquian languages. Christian missionaries have translated God...
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    traditions, Gitche Manitou refers to a supreme being. The term has analogues dating to before European contact, and the word uses of gitche and manitou existed...
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    the earth." In the Algonquian tradition, the Great Spirit is known as Gitche Manitou. Due to perceived similarities between the Great Spirit and the Christian...
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    those who are on the right road or path given to them by the Creator Gitche Manitou, or Great Spirit. Basil Johnston, an Ojibwe historian, linguist, and...
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    inhabitants, the Anishinaabe peoples. They consider it to be home of the Gitche Manitou, or the "Great Spirit." According to legend, Mackinac Island was created...
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    also refer to the Abrahamic God as Unkulunkulu. Gitche Manitou, also known as Gitchi Manitou, Kitchi Manitou, means "Great Spirit" in several Algonquian languages...
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  • titles containing Manitou All pages with titles beginning with Manitou Gitche Manitou, the Great Spirit among many Algonquian groups Manito (disambiguation)...
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    Community, the boulder was used by the tribe to make offerings to the Gitche Manitou. Although many attribute the boulder to a relic of Michigan's copper...
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    itself as the Great Spirit or Gitche Manitou, who is the creator and giver of all life. The Haudenosaunee equivalent of Manitou is orenda. Anishinaabeg (Anishinabe...
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  • Reality of the universe Paramatman, the absolute Atman, or supreme Self Gitche Manitou, meaning "Great Spirit" in several Algonquian languages Great Spirit...
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  • principle called the 'Great Spirit' (Siouan: wakȟáŋ tȟáŋka; Algonquian: gitche manitou). Another widely shared concept was that of orenda ('spiritual power')...
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    novel as the "she-wolf". She is possibly named for the Algonquian deity Gitche Manitou. Lip-Lip, a canine pup, he also lives in the Native American village...
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  • pantheist. The Great Spirit, called Wakan Tanka among the Sioux, and Gitche Manitou in Algonquian, is a conception of universal spiritual force, or supreme...
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    Superior Chippewa. A traditional Anishinaabeg story says that Great Spirit Gitche Manitou told the people to travel west to the place where the "food grows upon...
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    pantheon: old: Amun; new: Poseidon[dubious – discuss] Algonquin pantheon: Gitche Manitou Arabian pantheon: Allah Ashanti pantheon: Nyame Australian Aboriginal...
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  • sacrifices like many other gods. The god Oki was his wrathful counterpart. Gitche Manitou Wakan Tanka Great Spirit "Native American Indian Gods and Goddesses"...
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    American In what is now Colombia, the Muisca worshipped this sky father. Gitche Manitou Native American Native American Common character in creation myths....
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    radio station. His musical influences include MC Shan, David Lynch, Gitche Manitou and Kool Keith.[citation needed] Using the moniker DJ Critical, he later...
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  • Lakota tradition Gitche Manitou in Algonquian tradition Great Spirit in mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas Manitou in Algonquian tradition...
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    meet in a wigwam built of the tallest trees (home of the great spirit Gitche Manitou). This tale was repeated by E. O. Wood, who suggested in 1918 that the...
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  • Dreamcatcher Drumkeeper Elbow witch Gitche Manitou Grand Medicine Society Jiibayaabooz Jingle dress Little people Manitou Medicine wheel Mishi-ginebig ("great...
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    Treaty 3 Grand River land dispute Great Peace of Montreal Great Spirit Gitche Manitou Gitksan language Gitxsan Treaty Society Glooscap Gustafsen Lake Standoff...
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    River, the park contains both Big Manitou Falls, the highest waterfall in Wisconsin at 165 feet (50 m), and Little Manitou Falls, which is 30 feet (9.1 m)...
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  • school districts and operated by CESA 6, hands-on learning for students Gitche Gumee Nature Center in Pattison State Park Superior Douglas Lake Superior...
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