Analysis reveals a symbiotic relationship between ritual and medicine in Laguna Pueblo culture, highlighting its significance in addressing alcoholism.
Both *Ceremony* and *Storyteller* serve as important written works that demonstrate the relationship between medicine ritual in the work of healing and harm for the Laguna Pueblo people. Author Leslie Marmon Silko demonstrates the symbiotic relationship between these two elements while creating parallels to time immemorial and the present. This paper seeks to analyze the presence and connection of medicine and ritual in each work while analyzing the significance of each in Laguna Pueblo culture and modern perception.
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