There’s an odd paradox for Indigenous people and the word “witch.” On the one hand, our medicine people, healers, doctors, priests, and midwives were often vilified with words like “witch doctor” and accused of alignment with various Christian devils, demons, and satans. It’s easy to see a sort of kinship with women who were villified with these words and with pagans from other continents who today sometimes have embraced the term of witch. On the other hand, our traditional tales tell stories of dangerous beings, […]