This is an old post but as I googled skinwalkers & it showed up on the forum, why not. After all, I grew up with Indians as friends. My brother went to university in a program that spanned four years & saw aboriginals from ALL across the country attend. My family has always had a good rapport with the local tribe going back generations.
And a close friend is an authentic Navajo Indian. Pureblood, not diluted by the blood status & whites intermarrying. Nor is he some of these want-a-bes who thinks putting eagle feathers in their hair, wearing beaded clothing, beating a deerskin drum and smoking a peace pipe makes them "Indian" LOL.
I'll keep it short & simple. Nor will I tell you everything because it is not my right to say anything. If you are really curious then PM me & I will see if he or his sister will educate you on skinwalkers, real skinwalkers not internet drivel, via email.
First though get rid of the "witch" concept. Witches are European. Anything abnormal or not understood by Europeans [aka
those-scared-of-their-own-shadow] are considered a "witch" including back in the day their own healers.
Witches
don't belong in authentic native culture. Any native who says "witch" is just using European terms either cause they know no better or they can't be bothered educating you properly.
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what i really want to know how did this practice begun
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If you really do then PM.
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what was the reason of it's start
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I could be mundane and say something like "protection against enemies" but the original practice started as far more than just that.
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was there an outrage between tribes
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Natives just don't sit around the teepee smoking peace pipe all day. Of course there was outrage. Native tribal affairs were [and still are to degree] very complex, a number of them have never possessed anything resembling "central government", a "king" to follow like Europeans, and consider themselves responsible to no one but themselves [even if in alliance with others].
But such outrage didn't necessitate the start or origins of skinwalkers.
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who permitted and forbidden the practice
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The same people that allowed it to happen forbid it.
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and is the practice it self considered bad
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Yes. A skinwalker is something corrupted.
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or it depends on whom used it
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No it doesn't matter "who used it" because
not just anyone can become a skinwalker. Anyone that thinks or says otherwise suffers more than just delusions [but possible mental disorders].
That's all I'm going to say. Like said if you want to really know more PM me.