licensing their profession. And many tribes whose own reli- gious rites have vanished with their old priests are now adopting the symbols of the Plains Indians-e.g., the sacred pipe and Sun Dance. Forty percent of all Indians are Christian, at least nominally. Many Protestant and Catholic church workers are trying to fit Indian rites into the framework of Christianity. Episcopalians, for instance, have accepted Navajo medicine men into their congregations and permitted them to offer prayers.
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