In which American Indian tribe are meditation and herbs used to create a trance to provide the vision of the evil that causes an ILLNESS?
1. Hopi
2. Sioux
3. Navajo
4. Cherokee
1, 4
Explanation: 1. In the Hopi tradition for healing, the medicine man or woman uses meditation to determine the cause of ILLNESS. Herbs may be used to induce a trance.
2. The Sioux use meditation, but not as the method to determine ILLNESS.
3. The Navajo practices are myriad, but do not use meditation as a primary method to determine ILLNESS.
4. The Cherokee tradition does use meditation and herbs to determine ILLNESS.
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