Usage examples (5)

• In a land dominated by disparate native tribes, some wanting trade, others wanting scalps, having good orenda is a must.
• "A great noble of the Iroquois nation" wouldn't have called on "manitou, the great spirit in things"; he'd have called it "orenda."
• This is shown by the terms used to designate the spirit-life, e.g. wakan of the Dakotas, orenda of the
• Within the circle of dancers the shaman stood unterrified, uttering his threatenings and adjurations and performing his exorcisms against the foes of his people and their...