 These were "Kiseyak Otabiwinik" (where the Elders sit), "Iskweyanak" (the women), "Opimbatawuk" (the runners, or youth) and "Okaniskoteyawuk" (the hunters & warriors; lit., the keepers of the gate).The first two of these continued through the 20th century.The Council of Elders may have been based on Midewiwin society practices introduced hundreds of years ago from neighbouring Ojibwa (known to themselves as the Anishinaabeg).