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Show SE: ( Ute.) AD: She said her uncle was a medicineman. FO: And what was his name? SE: Mormon Joe. AD: Mormon Joe. FO: Mormon Joe was her uncle. And when he was a medicineman, what things did he use? Did he use the smooth stones or did he use herbs or sticks or all of those things? AD: ( Ute.) SE: ( Ute.) AD: He used to just sing. SE: ( Ute.) AD: He used to just look with his hands and find out what's wrong with you. SE: ( Ute.) AD: And he used to take whatever he finds in your body __? with his lips, with his mouth, and take it out. FO: The sucking kind of approach. Now is that the Paiute way or is that the Navajo way? SE: No, No, No. ( Ute.) FO: It's a Ute way. And do you know where he learned to be a medicineman? SE: ( Ute.) AD: She probably thinks that he dreamed that he was going to be a medicine man. FO: So, the dream approach to being . . . uh huh. Was he the only one of the Paiute medicine men? - 20- |