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
His father, a member of the Delaware Tribe, traded rare tapes of all-night peyote ceremonies from the Native American Church, cherishing the hypnotic melodies of singers like Joe Rush.
From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2022
For example: providing a religious exemption to Indigenous people who take peyote as part of a ritual.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2022
Native Americans' free-exercise right to ingest peyote was denied in the 1990 Smith decision.
From Salon • Jan. 7, 2022
For several years peyotists were a powerful factor in the tribal council, and they were not loath to play upon the connection between peyote and poison parsnips in the minds of their cotribalists.
From Washo Religion by Downs, James F.
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