The Last Wendigo Hunter

About this episode

This episode explores the story of Jack Fiddler, the last known wendigo hunter, and the intersection of fear, famine, and folklore in Indigenous history.

In the frozen north of Ontario, one man became legend. Jack Fiddler, a Ojibwa chief said to have killed more than a dozen wendigos to protect his people from an ancient evil. In this episode, we explore the true story behind the last known wendigo hunter: the fear, famine, colonial law, and Indigenous folklore that collided in one of Canada’s darkest and most mysterious historical cases. Was Jack Fiddler stopping monsters… or confronting something far more human? https://archive.org/details/killingshamen0000fidd/ Jack Fiddler - Wikipedia Wendigo - Wikipedia Simon Belmont | Castlevania Wiki | Fandom https://youtu.be/oNstCF7DzS0?si=bhXBj02-53NVD1no

People in this episode

Host: Stuart James

Topics covered

• Indigenous folklore
• colonial law
• historical cases
• mythology
• cultural identity

Keywords

• Wendigo
• Jack Fiddler
• Ojibwa
• Indigenous folklore
• colonial law
• Canada
• mythology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ojibwa

Books & works: Wendigo, Jack Fiddler - Wikipedia, Wendigo - Wikipedia, Simon Belmont | Castlevania Wiki | Fandom

Places: Ontario

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