Shantell PowellWhile looking for something completely different, I happened across this amazing article about how Mi’kmaq were perceived as witches in what are now the Atlantic provinces of Canada. This is a treasure trove about racism, witch hunts, and colonialism. https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/ethno/2008-v30-n2-ethno2776/019949ar/ #WitchHunt #Witchcraft #Superstition #Racism #Mikmaq #Acadian #ColonialHistory #Canada #Indigenous #History #WitchCraze #Sorcery #Mikmaw #Wabanaki #Newfoundland #NewBrunswick #Colonization #Folklore #Appalachians #Magic
I lived through an actual witch hunt around 1989 in central New Brunswick. I see now it is part of a long tradition. My dad is Mi’kmaw, so I see how things just keep on keeping on.