2011). The Hispanic community will use home remedies often, but also use traditional healers when necessary. When someone is ill in the Navajo community they will turn to a Navajo medicine man, or Hataali, to treat the patient (S. Notah, personal communication, January 16, 2011). This medicine man will use herbs, and blessing ceremonies to cure the patient or the disease. They believe that these spiritual blessings will rid the person of the illness, and if it does not, then they will no longer…
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