medicine woman
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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She’s one of the people the Clan thinks of as “the Others,” but the Neanderthal medicine woman, Iza, is unable to leave the hurt and helpless girl behind.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2023
“We’re losing people who are elders and were carriers of our traditions and culture,” Robbins tells The Verge a day after the death of a medicine woman on the reservation.
From The Verge ● Jul. 6, 2020
A spear-wielding Soares helps lead a revolt against the Cucaú settlement after seeing his future during hallucinatory encounters with Cuca, the refuge’s elderly medicine woman.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2019
Lozen was not only a fighter, but a well known medicine woman.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 23, 2015
He needed the medicine woman to wrap it in healing leaves, but no one seemed concerned about his injury.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
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