Essay Archive - Indian Healing Beliefs
Indian Healing Beliefs
Believing that evil spirits caused diseases, the Indians used
charms and magic to remove the evil influence. The magical procedures were
usually preformed by those supposed to have the power to control spirit
forces. Indians might call them such names as “mystery man”, “singer”, or
the “wonderful”. White people called them “medicine men”. They were also
priest's in leading the ceremonies and in preserving sacred objects.
Charms and ceremonies varied from tribe to tribe with some treatments
including the use of herbs and roots as medicines. They used charms and
other ceremon....
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