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'''Peyote''' is a species of cactus grown in Northern Mexico. Peyote is a [[Connection Supplement]] used by the indigenous people's of North America. | |||
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Tribes considered it part of their religion, and argued in favour of its use on these grounds. Daiker dismisses this use as a "cloak" covering up its "general use." <ref>Daiker, F.H. “Liquor and Peyote A Mennace to the Indian.” Lake Mohonk Conference on the Indian and Other Dependent Peoples. Mohonk Lake, N.Y., 1916 1914. p. 66</ref> | Tribes considered it part of their religion, and argued in favour of its use on these grounds. Daiker dismisses this use as a "cloak" covering up its "general use." <ref>Daiker, F.H. “Liquor and Peyote A Mennace to the Indian.” Lake Mohonk Conference on the Indian and Other Dependent Peoples. Mohonk Lake, N.Y., 1916 1914. p. 66</ref> | ||
Daiker provides an affidavit from an unamed indigenous source that says the natives at the time considered Peyote a cure for alcoholism. It probably was, though their situation (colonial oppression) probably led them back to addiction. He also provided evidence that peyote priests were exploiting people. He also says that the indigenous folk gave Peyote tea to their children, which killed them. This last calls into question the objectivity of the account. | Daiker provides an affidavit from an unamed indigenous source that says the natives at the time considered Peyote a cure for alcoholism. It probably was, though their situation (colonial oppression) probably led them back to addiction. He also provided evidence that peyote priests were exploiting people. He also says that the indigenous folk gave Peyote tea to their children, which killed them. This last calls into question the objectivity of the account. | ||
The Lake Mohonk manuscript provides an interesting window into the Christian/colonial suppression of a [[Connection Supplement]]. Arguments where made for legal suppression based on the "christian" values and also on what appear to be highly suspect affidavits and accounts of the actual use of the substance. | |||
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Peyote is a species of cactus grown in Northern Mexico. Peyote is a Connection Supplement used by the indigenous people's of North America.
List of Connection Supplements
Connection Supplement > 5-MEO DMT, Ayahuasca, Cannabis, Chloroform, DMT, Datura, Haoma, Kaneh Bosm, Kava, Ketamine, Kykeon, LSD, MDMA, Maikua, Manna, Nitrous Oxide, Peyote, Psilocybin Mushroom, Santa Rosa, Soma, Tobacco, Yaqona
Notes
Peyote was the basis of the "peyote cult," derived from the work of Handsome Lake which spread rapidly through the western part of the United States in the 19th century. It eventually finds its way to the Winnebago of Nebraska [1]
John Rave, a Winnebago, introduced peyote to the Winnebago after consuming some in Oklahoma. He experimented with it and found that it helped cure his alcoholism.[2] "Nevertheless, these peyote people preached good things and gradually lost all desire for intoxicating drinks..."[3]
John Rave proselytized peyote consumption, based largely on its curative powers, helping with venereal diseases and consumption (alcoholism). [4]
Daiker suggests it has effects similar to cannabis Indica, and also that there is evidence that it was given to children, as medicine. Daiker also lists the following tribes as those who use Peyote in dry or tea form: Mission, Sioux, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Havasupai, Kiowa,l Comanche, Osage, Kickapoo, Omaha, Winnebago, Pottawatomi, Sac and Fox, Santee, Shawnee, Oteo, Missouria, reaching as far as Wyoming. [5]
Tribes considered it part of their religion, and argued in favour of its use on these grounds. Daiker dismisses this use as a "cloak" covering up its "general use." [6]
Daiker provides an affidavit from an unamed indigenous source that says the natives at the time considered Peyote a cure for alcoholism. It probably was, though their situation (colonial oppression) probably led them back to addiction. He also provided evidence that peyote priests were exploiting people. He also says that the indigenous folk gave Peyote tea to their children, which killed them. This last calls into question the objectivity of the account.
The Lake Mohonk manuscript provides an interesting window into the Christian/colonial suppression of a Connection Supplement. Arguments where made for legal suppression based on the "christian" values and also on what appear to be highly suspect affidavits and accounts of the actual use of the substance.
Footnotes
- ↑ Radin, Paul. “A Sketch of the Peyote Cult of the Winnebago: A Study of Borrowing.” Edited by G. Stanley Hall. Journal of Religious Experience 7, no. 1 (1914): 1–22.
- ↑ Radin, Paul. “A Sketch of the Peyote Cult of the Winnebago: A Study of Borrowing.” Edited by G. Stanley Hall. Journal of Religious Experience 7, no. 1 (1914): 1–22.
- ↑ Radin, Paul. “A Sketch of the Peyote Cult of the Winnebago: A Study of Borrowing.” Edited by G. Stanley Hall. Journal of Religious Experience 7, no. 1 (1914): 1–22. p. 4.
- ↑ Radin, Paul. “A Sketch of the Peyote Cult of the Winnebago: A Study of Borrowing.” Edited by G. Stanley Hall. Journal of Religious Experience 7, no. 1 (1914): 1–22. p. 12. https://archive.org/details/journalofreligio07worcuoft/page/8/mode/2up
- ↑ Daiker, F.H. “Liquor and Peyote A Mennace to the Indian.” Lake Mohonk Conference on the Indian and Other Dependent Peoples. Mohonk Lake, N.Y., 1916 1914.
- ↑ Daiker, F.H. “Liquor and Peyote A Mennace to the Indian.” Lake Mohonk Conference on the Indian and Other Dependent Peoples. Mohonk Lake, N.Y., 1916 1914. p. 66
