peyote

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Smith, the Supreme Court upheld the firing of two Native American employees who had been denied unemployment benefits after using peyote, a sacrament in their religious ceremonies.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2024

Smith, which was on the surface about the sacramental use of peyote, but ultimately had to do with whether religious beliefs and ceremonies can trump state law.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2022

Native Americans' free-exercise right to ingest peyote was denied in the 1990 Smith decision.

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2022

Awareness of the peyote religion poses an ethical dilemma for Pollan: As its practitioners explain, it requires wild cacti — cultivated plants do not have the same spiritual power.

From Washington Post • Jul. 21, 2021

Such open accusations and the bringing of white men into a strictly Indian matter created a great deal of antagonism toward the shamans among the Washo, whether or not they were committed to peyote.

From Washo Religion by Downs, James F.