Conte Okibwé : Jingle Dress Origin

Le terme Ojibwé vient de Outchibou, nom donné au XVIIe siècle à un groupe qui vivait au nord de ce qui est aujourd’hui Sault Ste. Marie, en Ontario.Voici un de leur conte : Jingle Dress Origin (en anglais).

Les Ojibwés faisaient partie d’une série de groupes très proches, mais distincts, occupant un territoire situé entre le nord-est de la baie Géorgienne et l’est du lac Supérieur. Ces peuplades qui se rassemblent près de la ville actuelle de Sault Ste. Marie sont aussi appelées Saulteaux, un terme qui désigne aujourd’hui principalement les peuples ojibwés du nord-ouest de l’Ontario et du sud-est du Manitoba.

Ojibwé Jingle Dress Origin

Jingle Dress Origin

This story was passed on from generation in the Ojibway Nation
and it came as a vision.

An elderly man had a daughter who was very sick. He prayed and
offered tobacco to his creator for his daughter to get well. A vision
came to him to make his daughter a dress (a jingle dress) made of
jingles.She was to wear this dress to make her well.

In the Ojibway Tribe from the Lake of the Woods area this is called
« Odiizeoon ». That means it is something given through
a vision for a particular person from the spirit world. They were
instructed to prepare a feast for the dress to give thanks to the creator.

This jingle dress is held very highly in the Ojibway Nation. It
is very sacred because of its origin and the purpose it was given.
Because it was given in this manner it is to be treated with respect.