medicine man
Example Sentences
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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
Law enforcement authorities say in the decades since starring in the Oscar-winning movie, Chasing Horse became a self-proclaimed medicine man among tribes and traveled around North America to perform healing ceremonies.
From Seattle Times
“But these are our sacred sites and it makes our medicine man upset.”
From Los Angeles Times
A medicine man fielded questions from the majority Navajo, or Diné, audience on what to do when the moon partially shrouds the sun.
From Seattle Times
Court documents suggest Chasing Horse, 46, had gained a reputation among indigenous tribes across the US and Canada as a medicine man.
From BBC
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