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 precontact 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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