Shamanic classes for nurses? Not yet
Sensitivity, scam or sacrilege? Advocates and critics have suggested a shamanism diploma may be any of these, leading a Twin Cities college to delay the program.
BY PAUL TOSTO
Pioneer Press
Article Last Updated: 04/15/2007 10:33:39 PM CDT

A local college hoped to be the first in the nation to offer a diploma in shamanic studies - where students would "learn and practice core knowledge and skills in shamanism."

Officials at Minneapolis Community and Technical College said the courses, co-designed and taught by a shaman, would bridge "shamanism and bio-medicine in modern health-care settings" and could appeal especially to nurses. School leaders said repeatedly they wouldn't be training students to be shamans.

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