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After Nygren's speech, medicine man Lorenzo Max led the march, singing prayers and sharing ancestral stories.
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Trilce Estrada Olvera, The Arizona Republic, 3 Aug. 2024
Iron Eyes, a 46-year-old lawyer and Indigenous rights activist, was 9 when a medicine man taught him traditions he’s maintained since, in the wake of the tribe’s annual sun dance ceremony at the park.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 26 July 2024
And a Navajo medicine man will teach you about the indigenous population and its traditional practices.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 July 2024
Thirty-one of the 190 videos—almost a fifth—include disparaging remarks about tribal practices including the Sunrise Dance or medicine men, including two completely dedicated to convincing the congregation of the evil within the Sunrise Dance.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 28 June 2024
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Trilce Estrada Olvera, The Arizona Republic, 3 Aug. 2024
Iron Eyes, a 46-year-old lawyer and Indigenous rights activist, was 9 when a medicine man taught him traditions he’s maintained since, in the wake of the tribe’s annual sun dance ceremony at the park.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 26 July 2024
And a Navajo medicine man will teach you about the indigenous population and its traditional practices.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 July 2024
Thirty-one of the 190 videos—almost a fifth—include disparaging remarks about tribal practices including the Sunrise Dance or medicine men, including two completely dedicated to convincing the congregation of the evil within the Sunrise Dance.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 28 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medicine man
Noun
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Webber said that groups, called krewes, organize parades and distribute beads featuring characters such as kings and witch doctors.—
Saleen Martin,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
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While Keaton did not elaborate on the shrunken head room, the first film featured a scene in which Beetlejuice’s own head gets shrunk by a witch doctor who also shrunk the head of a hunter.—
Eric Andersson,
Peoplemag,
19 Feb. 2024
Noun
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In certain cases, if victims could be made to remember their humanness by a shaman, they could be brought back to their human selves.—
Bjorn Dihle,
Outdoor Life,
4 Sep. 2025
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As niche as that plot may sound, its story is rooted in Korean tradition, where many shamans in Korea, who tend to be women, perform various rituals to chase demons away from a household or home.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Batman has always been skeptical of magic, but nonetheless gets drawn into an investigation that involves Constantine, Etrigan, Zatanna, Deadman, Black Orchid, and Swamp Thing, leading them all into battle with villainous sorcerer Felix Faust.—
Will Harris,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Sep. 2025
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For his part, He-Man has a team that includes Battlecat, Man-at-Arms, the sorcerer Orko, Teela, and, uh… Fisto.—
Will Harris,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Medicine man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicine%20man. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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