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- Title
Upholding Indigenous Freedoms of Religion and Medicine: Peyotists at the 1906-1908 Oklahoma Constitutional Convention and First Legislature.
- Authors
Wiedman, Dennis
- Abstract
The article discusses the participation of American Indians, particularly Peyotists, in the Oklahoma state constitutional convention and the first Oklahoma legislative assembly. According to the author, ethnohistorical evidence indicates that Peyotists were strategic and proactive in their defense of their medical and religious freedoms. It is suggested that these events had long-lasting effects on relationships between Indians and whites in the state. Topics discussed include the Native American Church, the history of Oklahoma Territory, and efforts by the the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to restrict peyote use.
- Subjects
OKLAHOMA; GOVERNMENT relations with Native Americans; PEYOTISM; PEYOTE; CONSTITUTIONAL conventions; LEGISLATIVE bodies; NATIVE American Church of North America; UNITED States. Bureau of Indian Affairs; OKLAHOMA state history; GOVERNMENT policy; HISTORY
- Publication
American Indian Quarterly, 2012, Vol 36, Issue 2, p215
- ISSN
0095-182X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5250/amerindiquar.36.2.0215