| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xvii, 454 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
The Civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 181 |
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Civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 181.
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| Contents |
Part one: Peyote and its earliest use. The plant -- Peyote eaters and their ceremonies -- Part two: The beginnings of peyotism in the United States, 1885-1918 -- The nineteenth century -- The Kiowa-Comanche Agency, locus of peyotism -- The spread of peyote in Indian territory -- Early efforts to suppress peyote -- The spread of peyotism beyond Oklahoma -- Part three: The later twentieth century: politics and consolidation -- Efforts to pass a federal law -- An international church and the further spread of peyotism on the high plains -- The development of peyotism in the far west -- The Navajo -- Recent developments -- Appendices. Appendix A: Peyote ritual -- Appendix B: Program of the Native American Church State Convention, Allen, South Dakota, July 3-7, 1948 -- Appendix C: Church canons for the Native American Church of South Dakota, 1948. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 389-436. |
| Note |
Includes indexes. |
| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples, North American -- history -- United States.
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Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Religion.
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| Subject |
Mescaline -- history -- North America.
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Indians of North America -- Religion.
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Indians, North American -- history -- United States.
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Religion -- history -- United States.
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Peyotism -- History.
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| ISBN |
0806120681 |
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