Nathaniel Chee, a Mescalero Apache medicine man, died in his sleep last month. He was 68.
Chee played a major role in the tribe's annual Mescal Roast and Mountain Spirit Dances. The ceremony is based on the mescal plant, a source of food that is also used during puberty ceremonies.
Chee served in the Air Force and was a retired conservation officer and tribal judge.
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Medicine man, who played key role in annual mescal roast, dies
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Revered Mescalero Apache medicine man dies
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
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