- Ritual
- Puberty fast／思春期断食・隔離儀礼（女子Oshkiniigikweへの移行）
- Region and community
- カナダ・米国の一部Anishinaabe共同体／男女
- Age at the cultural rite
- Variable or not confirmed in the source
- Transition conditions
- Community initiation / Menarche or physical maturity / Trial or training / New social responsibilities
- Legal age of majority
- Canada18 or 19 years, by province or territoryCanada · Calendar unspecified · 18: Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Prince Edward Island. 19: British Columbia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon. · Law and supporting sources
- United States18–21 years, by stateUnited States · 47 states and Washington, D.C., use 18. Alabama and Nebraska use 19, and Mississippi uses 21. Mississippi permits certain property contracts from 18. · Law and supporting sources 1 · Law and supporting sources 2
About the rite
In some Anishinaabe communities, adolescents fast or spend time in seclusion with guidance from elders. Prayer and teaching give them time to consider their responsibilities to family and community.
Some accounts describe a girl learning for about a year after her first menstruation as an Oshkiniigikwe, or “new woman.” The form varies between communities, and accounts of these practices extend through 2018.
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