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midé mittay [ < Algonk.; cf. Cree mitēó conjurer, q.v. ] 
n. an Indian magician or shaman who practises healing by means of charms and the exorcism of evil spirits or by practical remedies such as administering herbs and sweat baths.
See also: medicine-man (def. 1a) midewewin
- 1804 (1933) Indians performed the superstitious Mittay ceremony, which continued the whole day.
- 1860 (1956) At length . . . he summoned the other Jossakids, and Midés, and the Ogimas (chieftains) of the tribe together. . . .
- 1914 He was a very good hunter, and he killed all kinds of game. He was a midé.
- 1935 . . . the Grand Medicine Society . . . is extinct in Georgian Bay and . . . children will never join it and become genuine medé.
- 1804 (1933) Indians performed the superstitious Mittay ceremony, which continued the whole day.