Please read this and answer with a 4 sentence summary Shamans provided religious leadership; they cured and conducted ceremonies such as the girl's' puberty rite. They could be men or women, although women were more often ** considered evil. Power dreams, perhaps dreamed in a special cave, also provided instructions and songs. Disease was attributed to sorcerers, a ghost-inspired poisonous object, or a soul loss. The mourning ceremony, or cry, was undertaken by wealthy relatives of a recently deceased person so they could eat and sleep well. It was a feat at which many items were destroyed.

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