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Show FO: I see. Did the Paiutes believe that the Navajos practiced witchcraft? AD: ( Ute.) SE: ( Ute.) AD: Yes. SE: ( Ute.) AD: And they're scared of the Navajo witchcraft. FO: Still? Let's see, how do I ask this? How do you know that the Navajos had been here practicing witchcraft? AD: ( Ute.) SE: ( Ute.) AD: She says that she believes that when her uncle was sick and they used to watch him during the night but something was coming near, and it must have been a witch, you know, like the Navajos do. Then the wind started blowing and make them all fall asleep. Then he came in a dog skin and then that's when he died. That's how she believes it. FO: It was a man wearing the skin of a dog? AD: Yes. FO: Now, your word for dog is sireech? AD: Yes. FO: Have there been evidences here that she knows about, the people believe the Navajos brought witchcraft here to White Mesa? AD: ( Ute.) SE: ( Ute.) - 22- |