Peyote on the Prairies: Religion, Scientists, and Native-Newcomer Relations in Western Canada
Journal of Canadian Studies November 1, 2012 Erika Dyck, Tolly Bradford 11 citations
In October 1956, a peyote ceremony took place at the Red Pheasant reserve in Saskatchewan. Organized by the Native American Church, the ceremony featured the use of peyote, a psychedelic substance from a cactus traditionally found in Mexico. Its use among Canadian Native peoples in the first half of the twentieth century had signalled concerns about American influences, but by the 1950s the...