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Peyote Religion: A History Volume 181

Peyote Religion: A History Volume 181

Paperback

Series: Civilization of the American Indian, Book 181

Native American HistoryGeneral Sociology

Publisher Price: $26.95

ISBN10: 0806124571
ISBN13: 9780806124575
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: Sep 15 1993
Pages: 476
Weight: 1.50
Height: 1.05 Width: 6.09 Depth: 9.16
Language: English
In this definitive work-a product of more than half a century of research and close observation-the noted anthropologist Omer C. Stewart provides a sweeping reconstruction of the rise of peyotism and the Native American Church. Although it is commonly known that the modern peyote religion became formalized around 1880 in western Oklahoma, it had roots in pre-contact American Indian ritual. Today it is practiced by thousands upon thousands of American Indians throughout the West.

Long a subject of controversy, peyotism has become a unifying influence in Indian life, providing the basis for ceremonies, friendships, social gatherings, travel, marriage, and much more. As Stewart demonstrates, it has been a source of comfort and healing and a means of expression for a troubled people.

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