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ERIC Number: EJ386029
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1986
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Jurisprudence, Peyote and the Native American Church.
Lawson, Paul E.; Scholes, Jennifer
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, v10 n1 p13-27 1986
Examines federal and state governments' attempts to suppress peyote use in Indian rituals as historically Christian-inspired. Focuses on questions of morality versus criminal law. Explains history and development of Native American Church of North America. Examines nine contemporary peyote trials. Concludes larger questions of tribal sovereignty still unresolved. (TES)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, Court Litigation, Criminal Law, Culture Conflict, Drug Legislation, Religion, Tribal Sovereignty
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Historical Materials
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Language: English
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