midewiwin
noun
mi·de·wi·win
məˈdāwəˌwin
variants or less commonly midewin
məˈdāˌwin
plural -s
: a once powerful secret society among the Ojibwa and neighboring Indians which aimed at the prolongation of life by herbal, magical, and ritual techniques
Word History
Etymology
Ojibwa midêwiwin
- buff-bellied pipit
- buff-breasted sandpiper
- buff-tip
- buff-tipped moth
- buffa
- buffability
- buffable
- buffali
- buffalo
- buffalo apple
- buffalo bean
- buffalo berry
- Buffalo Bill
- buffalo bug
- buffalo bunchgrass
- buffalo bur
- buffalo carpet beetle
- buffalo chips
- buffalo cholera
- Buffalo City
- buffalo cloth
- buffalo clover
- buffalo cod
- buffalo currant
- buffalo dance