In connection with the colors of the degree posts, there is a systematic arrangement of facial ornamentation, each style to be characteristic of one of the four degrees, as well as the degree of the Ghost Society.
According to the White Earth (Minnesota) method, the arrangement is as follows:
First degree. One red stripe across the face from near the ears across the tip of the nose.
Second degree. One stripe as above and another across the eyes, temples, and root of the nose.
Third degree. The upper half of the face painted green and the lower half red.
Fourth degree. The forehead and the left side of the face from the outer canthus of the eye downward is painted green; four spots of vermilion are made with the tip of the finger upon the forehead and four upon the green surface of the left cheek.
According to Sikassige, a Mille Lacs Midē' priest, the ornamentation practiced during his youth was as follows:
First degree. A broad band of green across the forehead and a narrow stripe of vermilion across the face just below the eyes.
Second degree. A narrow stripe of vermilion across the temple, eyelids, and the root of the nose, a short distance above which is a similar stripe of green, then another of vermilion, and above this again one of green.
Third degree. Red and white spots are daubed all over the face, the spots averaging three-fourths of an inch each in diameter.