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medicine man



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The Apache medicine man Geronimo made his now-legendary name leading raids and eluding capture during the Apache wars of the 19th century.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Jim Walker, her great-great-grandfather and a respected medicine man, rode mustangs all the way to Florida, visiting tribes along the way to exchange medicine and horses.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

His breakthrough came in 1990 when he played Kicking Bird, a Lakota medicine man, in Dances With Wolves.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025

As a young mother, Ms. Rabha was told by a local medicine man that her mentally ill son would soon die; he didn’t.

From New York Times • May 31, 2024

This Betonie didn’t talk the way Tayo expected a medicine man to talk.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko