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 ....

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