The terms medicine people or ceremonial people are sometimes used in Native American and First Nations communities, for example, when Arwen Nuttall (Cherokee) of the National Museum of the American Indian writes, "The knowledge possessed by medicine people is privileged, and it often remains in particular families."National Museum of the American Indian. Do All Indians Live in Tipis? Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 2007. .
The terms medicine people or ceremonial people are sometimes used in Native American and First Nations communities for example when Arwen Nuttall (Cherokee) of the National Museum of the American Indian writes "The knowledge possessed by medicine people is privileged and it often remains in particular families"National Museum of the American Indian Do All Indians Live in Tipis Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 2007 