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Cherokee healingarticle 1992 • Irwin, Lee
Cherokee • North America > Eastern Woodlands
This paper analyzes Eastern Cherokee shamanism of the nineteenth century, particularly in terms of the interactions between the shaman, the patient, and the mythic powers of the Cherokee world view. Much of the material in this study comes from three...Omahaessay 2001 • Liberty, Margot et al.
Omaha • North America > Plains and Plateau
This article provides a brief introduction to Omaha culture and history. Coverage includes Omaha oral traditions relating to origin and migration, resistance to incorporation, life in reservation, and recent socioeconomic changes....