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shaman†
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
among the Indians and Eskimos, a medicine-man or angakok.
Quotations
1852
When the shaman was sent for to cure a sick person, he shut himself into a tent with his patient, and, without tasting food, sung over him for days together.
1964
However, the shaman (medicine man) is still a force in the community, with the power that is held by superstition.