Peyote Vs The State
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Peyote Vs The State
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Author : Garrett Epps
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2012-11-19
Peyote Vs The State written by Garrett Epps and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-19 with History categories.
The story of the constitutional showdown over Native Americans’ religious use of peyote With the grace of a novel, this book chronicles the six-year duel between two remarkable men with different visions of religious freedom in America. Neither sought the conflict. Al Smith, a substance-abuse counselor to Native Americans, wanted only to earn a living. Dave Frohnmayer, the attorney general of Oregon, was planning his gubernatorial campaign and seeking care for his desperately ill daughters. But before this constitutional confrontation was over, Frohnmayer and Smith twice asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether the First Amendment protects the right of American Indians to seek and worship God through the use of peyote. The Court finally said no. Garrett Epps tracks the landmark case from the humblest hearing room to the Supreme Court chamber—and beyond. This paperback edition includes a new epilogue by the author that explores a retreat from the ruling since it was handed down in 1990. Weaving fascinating legal narrative with personal drama, Peyote vs. the State offers a riveting look at how justice works—and sometimes doesn’t—in America today.
The Peyote Road
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Author : Thomas C. Maroukis
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2012-11-08
The Peyote Road written by Thomas C. Maroukis and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-08 with History categories.
Despite challenges by the federal government to restrict the use of peyote, the Native American Church, which uses the hallucinogenic cactus as a religious sacrament, has become the largest indigenous denomination among American Indians today. The Peyote Road examines the history of the NAC, including its legal struggles to defend the controversial use of peyote. Thomas C. Maroukis has conducted extensive interviews with NAC members and leaders to craft an authoritative account of the church’s history, diverse religious practices, and significant people. His book integrates a narrative history of the Peyote faith with analysis of its religious beliefs and practices—as well as its art and music—and an emphasis on the views of NAC members. Deftly blending oral histories and legal research, Maroukis traces the religion’s history from its Mesoamerican roots to the legal incorporation of the NAC; its expansion to the northern plains, Great Basin, and Southwest; and challenges to Peyotism by state and federal governments, including the Supreme Court decision in Oregon v. Smith. He also introduces readers to the inner workings of the NAC with descriptions of its organizational structure and the Cross Fire and Half Moon services. The Peyote Road updates Omer Stewart’s classic 1987 study of the Peyote religion by taking into consideration recent events and scholarship. In particular, Maroukis discusses not only the church’s current legal issues but also the diminishing Peyote supply and controversies surrounding the definition of membership. Today approximately 300,000 American Indians are members of the Native American Church. The Peyote Road marks a significant case study of First Amendment rights and deepens our understanding of the struggles of NAC members to practice their faith.
Religious Freedom And Indian Rights
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Author : Carolyn Nestor Long
language : en
Publisher: Landmark Law Cases and American Society
Release Date : 2000
Religious Freedom And Indian Rights written by Carolyn Nestor Long and has been published by Landmark Law Cases and American Society this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Law categories.
"The Supreme Court's controversial decision in Oregon v. Smith sharply departed from previous expansive readings of the First Amendment's religious freedom clause and ignited a firestorm of protest from legal scholars, religious groups, legislators, and Native Americans. A major event in Native American history, the case attracted widespread support for the Indian cause from a diverse array of religious groups eager to protect their own religious freedom and led to an intense tug-of-war between the Court and Congress. Carolyn Long provides the first book-length analysis of Smith and shows shy it continues to resonate so deeply in the American psyche."--Back cover.
Peyote Religion
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Author : Omer Call Stewart
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 1987
Peyote Religion written by Omer Call Stewart and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Religion categories.
Describes the peyote plant, the birth of peyotism in western Oklahoma, its spread from Indian Territory to Mexico, the High Plains, and the Far West, its role among such tribes as the Comanche, Kiowa, Kiowa-Apache, Caddo, Wichita, Delaware, and Navajo Indians, its conflicts with the law, and the history of the Native American Church.
The Peyote Road
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Author : Thomas Constantine Maroukis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
The Peyote Road written by Thomas Constantine Maroukis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Indians of North America categories.
Thomas C. Maroukis has conducted extensive interviews with NAC members and leaders to craft an authoritative account of the church's history, diverse religious practices, and significant people. His book integrates a narrative history of the Peyote faith with analysis of its religious beliefs and practices-as well as its art and music-and an emphasis on the views of NAC members.
The Peyote Effect
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Author : Alexander S. Dawson
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2018-09-04
The Peyote Effect written by Alexander S. Dawson and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-04 with History categories.
The hallucinogenic and medicinal effects of peyote have a storied history that begins well before Europeans arrived in the Americas. While some have attempted to explain the cultural and religious significance of this cactus and drug, Alexander S. Dawson offers a completely new way of understanding the place of peyote in history. In this provocative new book, Dawson argues that peyote has marked the boundary between the Indian and the West since the Spanish Inquisition outlawed it in 1620. For nearly four centuries ecclesiastical, legal, scientific, and scholarly authorities have tried (unsuccessfully) to police that boundary to ensure that, while indigenous subjects might consume peyote, others could not. Moving back and forth across the U.S.–Mexico border, The Peyote Effect explores how battles over who might enjoy a right to consume peyote have unfolded in both countries, and how these conflicts have produced the racially exclusionary systems that characterizes modern drug regimes. Through this approach we see a surprising history of the racial thinking that binds these two countries more closely than we might otherwise imagine.
Peyote
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Author : Beatriz Caiuby Labate
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2016-01-18
Peyote written by Beatriz Caiuby Labate and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-18 with Health & Fitness categories.
This book explains the role that peyote—a hallucinogenic cactus—plays in the religious and spiritual fulfillment of certain peoples in the United States and Mexico, and examines pressing issues concerning the regulation and conservation of peyote as well as issues of indigenous and religious rights. Why is mescaline—an internationally controlled substance derived from peyote—given exemptions for religious use by indigenous groups in Mexico, and by the pan-indigenous Native American Church in the United States and Canada? What are the intersections of peyote use, constitutional law, and religious freedom? And why are natural populations of peyote in decline—so much so that in Mexico, peyote is considered a species needing "special protection"? This fascinating book addresses these questions and many more. It also examines the delicate relationship between "the needs of the plant" as a species and "the needs of man" to consume the species for spiritual purposes. The authors of this work integrate the history of peyote regulation in the United States and the special "trust responsibility" relationship between the American Indians and the government into their broad examination of peyote, a hallucinogenic cactus containing mescaline that grows naturally in Mexico and southern Texas. The book's chapters document how when it comes to peyote, multiple stakeholders' interests are in conflict—as is often the case with issues that involve ethnic identity, religion, constitutional interpretation, and conservation. The expansion of peyote traditions also serves as a foundation for examining issues of international human rights law and protections for religious freedom within the global milieu of cultural transnationalism.
Native Sacrament
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Author : Sarah E. Robertson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Native Sacrament written by Sarah E. Robertson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Indians of North America categories.
Though much of Indian and Anglo relations have been characterized by white domination, an examination of the legal issues surrounding the Native American Church and the use of peyote present a hopeful picture for Indians in their modern day battle with the government. Through the U.S. legal system, Indians incorporated their organization and adeptly asserted their rights to freely practice their religion under the First Amendment. Since the time of initial Anglo contact, American Indians have reshaped their spiritual life as both sides exchanged, influenced, or eliminated various aspects of each culture. The peyote religion and the organization of The Native American Church (NAC) serves as an example of an institution that evolved out of Anglo, and specifically Christian, influence on Indian religious life. In the twentieth century, American Indians used the structure of the NAC to accommodate aspects of Christianity along with traditional Indian religious practices, which included the use of the peyote drug, in religious ceremonies. The NAC, though a cultural blend of Anglo and Indian religions, met with opposition by state and federal law due to the controversial use of peyote as a sacrament. An examination of the court cases and legal issues between the Native American Church and state and federal governments, with a focus on the 1960s to the 1990s, illustrates Indians uniting in a pan-Indian organization, growing in power, and achieving legal victories. Through participation in Indian activism, the Native American Church became a formidable force in the courtroom as Indians advocated for the rights promised to them as U.S. citizens, while at the same time fought to maintain their unique heritage. Ultimately, Indians and Anglos continued to communicate and exchange their culture as they did during initial contact. However, in the twentieth century the terms of communication shifted to the legal realm. Indians became the victors as they used the system that once subjugated them to their advantage to assert their religious rights to the ceremonial use of peyote.
Peyote And Mescaline
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Author : M. Foster Olive
language : en
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Release Date : 2007
Peyote And Mescaline written by M. Foster Olive and has been published by Infobase Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Medical categories.
Presents a history of peyote and mescaline, their significance to the world of medicine, the effects of peyote and mescaline on the mind and body, peyote and mescaline addiction, and peyote and mescaline abuse.
Peyote Hunt
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Author : Barbara G. Myerhoff
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 1976
Peyote Hunt written by Barbara G. Myerhoff and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Huichol Indians categories.
"Ramón Medina Silva, a Huichol Indian shaman priest or mara'akame, instructed me in many of his culture's myths, rituals, and symbols, particularly those pertaining to the sacred untiy of deer, maize, and peyote. The significance of this constellation of symbols was revealed to me most vividly when I accompanied Ramón on the Huichol's annual ritual return to hunt the peyote in the sacred land of Wirikuta, in myth and probably in history the place from which the Ancient Ones (ancestors and deities of the present-day Indians) came before settling in their present home in the mountains of the Sierra Madre Occidental in north-central Mexico. My work with Ramón preceded and followed our journey, but it was this peyote hunt that held the key to, and constituted the climax of, his teachings."--from the Preface