peyote
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Origin of peyote
1840–50, < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl peyotl
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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
Moreover he did not take peyote for his illness; he simply prayed to Peyote in a manner very similar to praying to a spirit guardian for assistance.
From Washo Religion by James F. Downs
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