The skies are filled with deities, and the whole forest awakens with their whispers. The lakes and streams are the places of their resort, and mountains and valleys alike their abode. Waterfalls are their sporting scenes. All the remarkable spots in the country, the peaks of rocky cliffs, the clefts of craggy mounts, are their favorite.

The most noted herbs of the earth are subject to the deity of Medicine, and men and women are deemed capable of learning the virtues of roots from him. Professionals perform ceremonies of worship as part of the Midéwiwin, an untranslatable religious tradition often referred to as the Grand Medicine Society, Medicine Worship, or the Way of the Heart.

The sacred scrolls of the Midéwiwin, inscribed on birch bark, record chants and narratives used in the traditional ceremonies, and are studied by student practitioners to learn the secrets of the midé.