The document discusses the Peyote Religion and the Native American Church. It provides information on where peyote grows naturally, how it is used in ceremonies, and images depicting its religious use among tribes like the Aztecs. It also outlines some of the key tribes that incorporate peyote religion like the Comanche and describes how it was legally recognized in Oklahoma in 1907. Finally, it shares images related to ceremonial practices, religious figures, peyote stitch artwork, and identification cards for peyote distributors.
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The document discusses the Peyote Religion and the Native American Church. It provides information on where peyote grows naturally, how it is used in ceremonies, and images depicting its religious use among tribes like the Aztecs. It also outlines some of the key tribes that incorporate peyote religion like the Comanche and describes how it was legally recognized in Oklahoma in 1907. Finally, it shares images related to ceremonial practices, religious figures, peyote stitch artwork, and identification cards for peyote distributors.
The document discusses the Peyote Religion and the Native American Church. It provides information on where peyote grows naturally, how it is used in ceremonies, and images depicting its religious use among tribes like the Aztecs. It also outlines some of the key tribes that incorporate peyote religion like the Comanche and describes how it was legally recognized in Oklahoma in 1907. Finally, it shares images related to ceremonial practices, religious figures, peyote stitch artwork, and identification cards for peyote distributors.
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The document discusses the Peyote Religion and the Native American Church. It provides information on where peyote grows naturally, how it is used in ceremonies, and images depicting its religious use among tribes like the Aztecs. It also outlines some of the key tribes that incorporate peyote religion like the Comanche and describes how it was legally recognized in Oklahoma in 1907. Finally, it shares images related to ceremonial practices, religious figures, peyote stitch artwork, and identification cards for peyote distributors.
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Peyote Religion and
the Native American
Church Habitat and Range of Peyote Peyote (Lophophora williamsii): Uncut and Cut Up and Dried as “Buttons” Representation of Peyote Use from an Aztec Codex Oklahoma Tribes Where Peyote Religion Is Found Quanah Parker, Comanche (left) and the Delegation of Peyotist with Members of the Medical Committee Who Successfully Petitioned the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention in 1907 to Recognize Peyotism as an Legal Indian Religious Practice. First Officers of the Native American Church of the United States and the Seal of the Native American Church of North America Drawing of a Little Moon Altar and Ceremonial Space, Painting of a Little Moon Ceremony, and Altar after Ceremony Anthropologist James Mooney (left) and Aldous Huxley were two non-Indians who participated in Kiowa Peyote Meetings as part of Their Research: Mooney in the late 1890’s and Huxley in the early 1960’s. John Wilson, Caddo Indian, Originator of the Big Moon Peyote Ceremony Drawing of a Big Moon Altar and Ceremonial Space, Big Moon Altar after Ceremony and Painting of Big Moon Ceremony Quapaw Indian Native American Church Building and Congregation Leaving Church after Ceremony Some Peyote Religion Equipment: Gourd Rattles, Fans, Eagle Bone Whistles, Staff. Water Bucket and Ladle, Drum and Drumsticks, Equipment Boxes Peyote Stitch Osage Indian Roadman, Preston Merrill, and a Painted Representation of a Roadman by Kickapoo Indian Artist, Stephen Mopope. Note the Staff in Mopope’s Painting. Painting of a Vision by an Arapaho Member of the Native American Church Painting of Dawn or Morning Water Woman Waiting to Bring in Water at the Conclusion of the Ceremony by Kiowa Artist Silverhorn Identification Card for Authorized Distributors of Peyote (top) and Sales Receipt for Purchase