Manitou

In 1585, when Thomas Harriot recorded the first glossary of an Algonquian language, Roanoke (Pamlico), he included the word mantóac, meaning "gods and goddesses".

Algonquian religion acknowledges medicine healers, who used manitou to see the future, change the weather, and heal illness.

[4] To communicate with spirits and manipulate manitou, a healer would enter a trance, induced by singing, dancing, drumbeats, or the use of hallucinogens.

[5] Manitoba is also home to Whiteshell Provincial Park's petroforms, symbols made from rocks, which serve as reminders of the instructions given to the Anishinaabe by the Creator.

The Anishinaabe Midewiwin, or Grand Medicine Society, considers the area containing the petroforms to be Manito Ahbee, where the Creator sits.

The word manitō (in both Cree and Ojibwe ) written in Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics and Cree syllabics