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A Pueblo Laguna medicine man. He performs a healing ritual on Tayo, but admits to Tayo that the old rituals no longer work in the modern world as they used to. Indeed, the ceremony provides Tayo with only partial healing. But Ku’oosh also seems to recognize that there is the possibility of creating new ceremonies, even if he himself is not the one who can create them. He connects Tayo with Betonie for just this reason.
Ku’oosh Quotes in Ceremony
The Ceremony quotes below are all either spoken by Ku’oosh or refer to Ku’oosh. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Section 2 Quotes
“But you know, grandson, this world is fragile."
The word he chose to express "fragile" was filled with the intricacies of a continuing process, and with a strength inherent in spider webs woven across paths through sand hills where early in the morning the sun becomes entangled in each filament of web.
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Ku’oosh, a Pueblo Medicine Man in Laguna, comes to cure Tayo of his illness after Tayo’s traumatic experiences in WWII. Before starting a curing ceremony meant for warriors who have killed or touched dead enemies on the battle field, Ku’oosh talks to Tayo about the state of the world. By calling the world “fragile” in a way that connotes continuing processes and spiders’ webs, Ku’oosh reinforces the connections between all events on Earth. The world is one large community that never stops growing and changing, and all the various shifting parts have the power to harm or help all the Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis.
"There are some things we can’t cure like we used to,” he said, "not since the white people came. The others who had the Scalp Ceremony, some of them are not better either.”
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When Tayo returns from World War II, he is sick in both body and spirit. His Grandmother calls Ku’oosh, a traditional medicine man of their Laguna Pueblo community, to try to cure Tayo’s illness. Ku’oosh explains that many of the veterans from WWII have also been sick but that his medicines and ceremonies no longer work as well as they used to. Ku’oosh blames this failure on the arrival of white people in the Americas, an event that fundamentally changed the entire environment and culture of the region. Ku’oosh makes it clear that he thinks the white people have changed Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis iure. Sint qui qui. Qui similique praesentium. Ex consequatur magnam. Aliquid iste enim. Sequi aut maxime. Adip
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Ku’oosh Character Timeline in Ceremony
The timeline below shows where the character Ku’oosh appears in Ceremony. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Section 2
Old Grandma sends for Ku’oosh despite Auntie’s protests that a medicine man will reignite gossip about Tayo’s mother and her...
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Ku’oosh asks Tayo about his experience in the white people’s war, and tells Tayo that Tayo...
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Tayo is dejected after Ku’oosh leaves, convinced that his actions in the war cannot be cured. Auntie comes in with...
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Section 4
...is feeling better and can help Robert with the ranch work. Robert tells Tayo that Ku’oosh thinks he still needs more healing.
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Ku’oosh has sent Tayo to Gallup to see a medicine man named Betonie. Gallup is known...
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Section 7
...Tayo to gather her more Indian tea leaves and reminds Tayo to go talk to Ku’oosh and the other veterans when he can.
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Section 8
Tayo sits in a kiva with Ku’oosh and the other old men of the tribe. Tayo tells his story in full, with...
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At noon, the men eat a hearty lunch and Ku’oosh builds up the fire in the kiva. Ku’oosh tells Tayo to stay in the kiva...
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Auntie avoids Tayo now that Tayo has visited Ku’oosh, saying that the other women from the church come to her daily wondering how she...
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