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manito (măn`ĭtō), name used among Native Americans of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock to describe the supernatural power that permeates all things (see animism animism, belief in personalized, supernatural beings (or souls) that often inhabit ordinary animals and objects, governing their existence. British anthropologist Sir Edward Burnett Tylor argued in Primitive Culture ..... Click the link for more information. ). The idea of a supreme and personified manito, Kitchi Manito, may have been learned from missionaries. Manito is also spelled manitoa, manitua, manitou, and manetto. |
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Louis Employee Stock Berryville, Ownership Trust, Arkansas Berryville, Arkansas Manito Bank Peoples State Bank, Chicago November 8, 2001 Services, Inc. Adept shamans were believed to manipulate the manito Supernaturals as we do electricity. But, in New Mexico - where I studied for four years - even in conservative Santa Fe, el camposanto (the holy camp) reflects the artistry of manitos, native-born New Mexicans. |
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