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
The court ruled that the law against use of peyote applied to all, religions groups and nonreligious groups alike.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2022
You yourself wrestle with the decision to enter indigenous spaces and ultimately draw the line at the use of peyote.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 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
Despite a belief in and a dependence on shamanistic curing or its latter-day counterpart, the peyote curing session, most Washo are willing patients of white doctors.
From Washo Religion by James F. Downs
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