DCHP-1 Online
shaman † 
n. among the Indians and Eskimos, a medicine-man or angakok.
See also: angakok medicine-man
- 1852 When the shaman was sent for to cure a sick person, he shut himself into a tent with his patient, and, without tasting food, sung over him for days together.
- 1964 However, the shaman (medicine man) is still a force in the community, with the power that is held by superstition.
- 1852 When the shaman was sent for to cure a sick person, he shut himself into a tent with his patient, and, without tasting food, sung over him for days together.