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In this context, dog skin refers to a Navajo Wolf, a witch that dresses in the skin of a wolf. The Navajo Wolf can also read others' minds, control minds, bring forth disease, destroy homes, and even cause death.
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"Wolf skin, August 6, 2013" by Ian Stannard is licensed under CC BY-SA.
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1946 The Navaho. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Shepardson, Mary and Blodwen Hammond
1970 Navajo Mountain Community: Social Organization and Kinship Terminology.
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