Peyote

Contains transcripts of these early autobiographies and argues that they represent two conceptions of self, each tailored to a different audience and occasion.

Perspective of the Peyote religion.

Use of the peyote plant among the Kiowa, Kickapoo, Shawnee and Wichita of Oklahoma.

Transcript of judge's decision in the case of a woman charged with illegal possession of peyote.

[Anthropology] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2003.

Hypothesis was that Navajo whose traditional method of problem solving had broken down, would resort to peyote cultism. Dream examination used as a method of revealing psychological disturbance.

Peyote cactus buttons (Lophophora williams) brewed in a tea to release mescaline, proved fatal in this case.

Describes two distinct versions regarding this belief system, Tipi Way and Sioux Way, practiced by the Gosiute.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Bryn Mawr College, 1977.

Examines the historical repression experienced by Native Americans who used peyote and their responses to it.

Describes the cult centered around the mescal bean ceremony, which is also referred to as the Wichita Dance, Deer Dance, Whistle Dance or Red Medicine Society.

Brief profile and interview with a sacred pipe carrier and singer of the Lakota/Dakota and the historical and cultural sacred traditions of Peyotism.

Commentary on how the United States Congress has taken steps legislatively to clarify and enhance Native American religious freedoms.

Author reflects on personal experiences within the Native American Church, including the Half-Moon Way, and his involvement within Peyotism.

Discusses boxes used to store and transport objects and items used in ceremonies of the Peyote religion. Includes images of examples.

Discusses traditional concepts of spiritual power, illness and health and the reasons for the opposition to Peyotism.

Brief letters in support of the ruling that labelled peyote a narcotic.

Brief background and sample of humorous stories illustrating the type of story often told following an all night peyote ceremony.

Looks at debates over and interpretation of the peyote ceremony.

Book review of: The Peyote Road by Thomas C. Maroukis. Review located by scrolling to page 180.

Describes the theory of Culture Care to assess, understand and plan care for an aphasic Navajo male who followed traditional ways.

Presents the United States Supreme Court's decision in the case of Oregon Department of Employment v. Alfred Smith, a rejection of Indigenous religious rights.

Discusses symbolism of the Navajo Peyote Religion (Native American Church) and associated healing and rebirth aspects.

Book review of: Religious Freedom and Indian Rights: The Case of Oregon v. Smith by Carolyn N. Long.

Book reviews of: Alaska Native Political Leadership and Higher Education: One University, Two Universes by Michael L. Jennings. Alaska’s Daughter: An Eskimo Memoir of the Early Twentieth Century by Elizabeth Bernhardt Pinson. Choctaw Tales collected and annotated by Tom Mould. De Religione: Telling the Seventeenth-Century Jesuit Story in Huron to the Iroquois edited and translated by John L. Steckley. Evil Corn by Adrian C. Louis. Have You Thought of Leonard Peltier Lately? by Harvey Arden. Indians in Unexpected Places by Philip J.

Book reviews of: The Earth Is Our Mother: A Guide to the Indians of California, Their Locales and Historic Sites by Dolan H. Eargle, Jr. Washo Shamans and Peyotists: Religious Conflict in an American Indian Tribe by Edgar E. Siskin. California's Chumash Indians: A Project of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Education Center by Lynne McCall and Rosalind Perry.

Book reviews of: American Indians and National Parks by Robert H. Keller and Michael F. Turek. Ancient West Mexico: Art and Archeology of the Unknown Past edited by Richard F.

Presents information on a change to peyote ritual from 1880-1893 called Wilson Big Moon .

Author concludes that Peyotism contributed little or nothing to the factionalism at Taos.

Looks at the historical meeting between Peyotists and the Oklahoma legislature.

Discussion of the book, The Peyote Religion Among the Navajo by David F. Aberle and critique of Fred W. Voget's review.

Part of: University of California Publications in American archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 40, (pp63-142).

Describes the history, rituals and ideologies associated with the ceremony as practiced by this tribe.