DCHP-3

bear walker

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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among the Ojibwa Indians, a witch or hoodoo (def. 2).

See: hoodoo(def. 2)

Quotations

1959
There is a curious and intricate superstition which many of the Manitoulin Indians believe firmly. When misfortune strikes a brave, he blames it not on bad luck but on a bear walker who has cast a curse on him.
1959
An Indian had been killed. She was a bear walker.