Nizhwachewin

The Nizhwachewin (sometimes spelled Nizhwachewiwin or Nizhwachiwiwin), or the Grand Lodge of the Seventh Fire, is a,  followed primarily among speakers of the  language family in Northeast Veharia. It emerged during the period of Salian and Myrish colonization in the region, and emerged primarily with the synthesis of beliefs from indigenous cultures, including a known historically by the same name, members of the, and  which survived Vayonization of the Old Myro-Salish folk religions. Modern Nizhwachewin is rooted in the Gichi Sabak, a collection of of Zagakwan oral traditions and writings generally credited to the Bayezhig, which is believed to have been one of the main spiritual leaders of the early Ziibwingon cultures during their eastward migrations c.  1000 AC.

While particularly key to the development of the cultures, especially the Onawean Ziibwingon, branches of the faith have maintained significant presences throughout the region. While one of the main features of the faith is, its central theological narratives include the centrality of the Manitou, from which the "spark of life" and consciousness is emanated and reflected, the animistic presence of the jiba (wild spirit) and ninjicha (wise spirit) in all elements of the cosmos, the centrality of parables involving the  and   Nanabush, and a cyclical view of deep history demarcated into epochs known as the "seven fires".