In a land dominated by disparate native tribes, some wanting trade, others wanting scalps, having good orenda is a must. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Alderman: The Man With Big Orenda - An Audio Book Review] Reference
"A great noble of the Iroquois nation" wouldn't have called on "manitou, the great spirit in things"; he'd have called it "orenda.". From Wordnik.com. [Week 22: Fried] Reference
This is shown by the terms used to designate the spirit-life, e.g. wakan of the Dakotas, orenda of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon] Reference
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 orenda or "medicine," when there would come a pause in the dancing. From Wordnik.com. [Indians of North Carolina: Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, Transmitting, in Response to a Senate Resolution of June 30, 1914, a Report on the Condition and Tribal Rights of the Indians of Robeson and Adjoining Counties of North Carolina] Reference
# posted by orenda : 11:11 PM. From Wordnik.com. [enowning] Reference
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