Talk:Gitche Manitou

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I wonder if anybody believes in this stuff anymore? (preceding unsigned soliloquy by 168.11.164.253 (talk · contribs) 14:18, 14 October 2005)

Probably. 128.6.176.39 21:54, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Yes. The official Tribal government-sanctioned Religion of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe is Midewiwin and Gichi-manidoo is the primary Manidoo in that faith-system. CJLippert 02:31, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Related Names?

"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."

Can this be verified? There may be no reason to doubt it, except that I always hear alarm bells when a statement says "obviously". It usually seems to mean "this is what I think, please don't question it". And similarly, at first glance you'd think that the name for Romania was 'obviously' related to the Romans - but it's not. - 86.137.181.158 14:19, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

You make a good point, I think; even if it's correct, there's no real need for that "obviously"--"the name of the Canadian province Manitoba is etymologically related to the term manitou" would be fine. The Government of Manitoba's website says it probably comes from Cree or Ojibwe, and is connected to the word "manitou", so for now I think I'll cite that source in the article. Until I can find something better? --Miskwito 18:39, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Either way, I moved it to Manitou, where I think it's more relevant. --Miskwito 19:12, 15 April 2007 (UTC)