Supreme creator/spirit classed 'deity'. Plains Cree Standard Roman Orthography kisê-manitow ('great/kind spirit'); Swampy Cree kihci-manitow. 'Manitow' is the general term for a spirit-power.
Domains
creation
spirit power
Powers
create and uphold the world
grant spirit-power to seekers
Epithets
Kisê-Manitow
Sources
David G. Mandelbaum, 'The Plains Cree' (Canadian Plains Research Center, 1979; orig. AMNH 1940).
Leonard Bloomfield, 'Sacred Stories of the Sweet Grass Cree' (1930).