Kachimayichasuw: The Sneaks who Stole the Sugar

This is a story about Kachimayichasuw, creatures in the Naskapi world view that may remind one of the many stories of gnomes, fairies or leprechauns found in European cultural traditions. The story in this book is a tipâchimûn, or a retelling of an eyewitness account about those mischief makers who are said to throw rocks at tents and steal supplies, and are invisible to everyone except the kâkusâpâhtâhk, the ‘one who performs the shaking tent ceremony’.