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Source: http://www.gallupindependent.com/2008/May/051708hantavirus.html
Year of Fear
Medicine men knew cause of Hantavirus
By Bill Donovan
Staff writer
GALLUP — In the spring of 1987, people living in New York stayed inside, with their doors locked, as a killer named the Son of Sam roamed the streets, killing at will.
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It was on that date that more than 50 Navajo medicine men met in Window Rock behind closed doors and discussed the deaths and later told the Navajo people to be very careful around prairie dogs and deer mice in their area.
They had heard reports from the Navajo people living in the areas where the deaths had occurred that the rodent population in their areas had skyrocketed because of a wet winter and abundant food sources in the spring. The medicine men told of stories passed down from generation to generation warning Navajos that death and destruction would come when rodent populations became too large.
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more at above link
Year of Fear
Medicine men knew cause of Hantavirus
By Bill Donovan
Staff writer
GALLUP — In the spring of 1987, people living in New York stayed inside, with their doors locked, as a killer named the Son of Sam roamed the streets, killing at will.
snip
It was on that date that more than 50 Navajo medicine men met in Window Rock behind closed doors and discussed the deaths and later told the Navajo people to be very careful around prairie dogs and deer mice in their area.
They had heard reports from the Navajo people living in the areas where the deaths had occurred that the rodent population in their areas had skyrocketed because of a wet winter and abundant food sources in the spring. The medicine men told of stories passed down from generation to generation warning Navajos that death and destruction would come when rodent populations became too large.
snip
more at above link