sentences:  The "manitowak" were venerated in ceremonies, rituals, dreams, visions, games and ohtas (see below), as well as through the interventions of the Metinuwak, who were healers, spiritual and emotional guides, and religious leaders; they could communicate with the "manitowak".An "ohta" is a wooden doll carved annually and that were said to have remarkable powers of healing and luck.A "nianque" is an animal guide, such as in a vision quest.