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Unexplained Canada. Episode 6, Windigo

Unexplained Canada. Episode 6, Windigo

DVD 2005

The Windigo is a spirit believed to exist by the Cree, Ojibwa, and Sioux. It is often seen as a manifestation of a fearsome two-legged creature with black frost-bitten lips, or through its possessing of other people. One trait of the possession is cannibalism! While traveling the area around Kenora, in Northern Ontario, a late-18th century British explorer named David Thompson recounted a story where a tribe learned that one hunter wanted to devo...

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Dakota Canada Folklore
Mysteries of the unknown Saskatchewan
Ojibwe Canada Folklore
Windigos Canada
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Description:
1 DVD videorecording (24 min.) : sound, color
digital
optical
video file
DVD video
Target Audience Note:
Intended audience: Young adult / Grades 8-12 ; Adult
Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated
Other Title:
Windigo
Notes:
Canadiana
Produced by Karoprime Films
Licensed for public performance
Control Number:
547019
Other Authors:
Karowprime Films (Firm)
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