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!SOUR: Ruth Landes. Ojibwa Sociology. Columbia, 1937. p. 104.
!SOUR: Ruth Landes. Ojibwa Sociology. Columbia, 1937. p. 131.
Chief George's father, and the two brothers of his father, were all
headmen of the Midewiwin. His mother was a ni:ga:ni (office next to that of
headmen). George himself was a headman so great that he was solicited by
outside localities. His father-in-law was a headman. His ister, his wife and
a daugher were ni:ga:ni. HIs other daughters held lesser posts. The wife adn
two sons of his father's brother, Jacob M'Ginnis, were each ni:ga:ni. Chief
Namepok's father, Great Hawk, giTchi ge.ke'.k was classificatory brother to
Chief George's mother, and a noted
headman.
!SOUR: Ruth Landes. Ojibwa Sociology. Columbia, 1937. p. 131.
Chief George's father, and the two brothers of his father, were all
headmen of the Midewiwin. His mother was a ni:ga:ni (office next to that of
headmen). George himself was a headman so great that he was solicited by
outside localities. His father-in-law was a headman. His ister, his wife and
a daugher were ni:ga:ni. HIs other daughters held lesser posts. The wife adn
two sons of his father's brother, Jacob M'Ginnis, were each ni:ga:ni. Chief
Namepok's father, Great Hawk, giTchi ge.ke'.k was classificatory brother to
Chief George's mother, and a noted
headman.
!SOUR: Ruth Landes. Ojibwa Sociology. Columbia, 1937. p. 131.
Chief George's father, and the two brothers of his father, were all
headmen of the Midewiwin. His mother was a ni:ga:ni (office next to that of
headmen). George himself was a headman so great that he was solicited by
outside localities. His father-in-law was a headman. His ister, his wife and
a daugher were ni:ga:ni. HIs other daughters held lesser posts. The wife adn
two sons of his father's brother, Jacob M'Ginnis, were each ni:ga:ni. Chief
Namepok's father, Great Hawk, giTchi ge.ke'.k was classificatory brother to
Chief George's mother, and a noted
headman.
!SOUR: Ruth Landes. Ojibwa Sociology. Columbia, 1937. p. 33
!SOUR: Ruth Landes. Ojibwa Sociology. Columbia, 1937. p. 33
!SOUR: Ruth Landes. Ojibwa Sociology. Columbia, 1937. p. 34
!SOUR: Ruth Landes. Ojibwa Sociology. Columbia, 1937. p. 104.
!SOUR: Ruth Landes. Ojibwa Sociology. Columbia, 1937. p. 48