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The Native American Church was one of the last churches to be recognized as a bonified and legalized church in the United States, because of it's use of peyote as a sacrament during meetings,, the religion was deemed "hallucinogenic" and therefore, illegal up untill the last century.
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www.angelfire.com/ct3/sosngr43/peyote.htm
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'A Brief History of the Native American Church', by Jay Fikes ... With Mooney's help and encouragement, the Native American Church was officially incorporated in 1918. The exact route and time of diffusion of what is today the Native American Church of North America is unclear.
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www.csp.org/communities/docs/fikes-nac_history.html
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Native American Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Native American Church , a religious denomination which practices Peyotism or the Peyote religion, originated in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, and is the most widespread indigenous religion among Nat...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_Church
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Although describing itself as a church, the Native American Church refuses to accept the doctrines or canons of any one Christian sect. Its practices and beliefs are based on the attempt to reconcile Christianity with traditional native symbolism.
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philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/nam/nac.html
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The Native American Church ... The Native American Church is the largest indigenous religion in this country. Estimates range to a quarter of a million members. Indigenous people have treated the peyote cactus as a sacrament for at least 10,000 years in Mexico, and at least 7,000 years in the United States.
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www.well.com/user/dpd/nachurch.html
www.well.com/user/dpd/nachurch.html
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Cool Runnings Music Native American Church Songs ... Songs of the Native American Church from Oklahoma Vol. IV ... Tribute to the Native American Church Vol II...
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www.coolrunningsmusic.com/NAC.html
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The Native American Church: Recollections of the Peyote Road - from the 'Lectric Law Library's stacks ... The Native American Church is decidedly nationalistic. Military veterans are granted special honor. Since I am a veteran, I have the privilege of folding the flag at ceremonies. The official colors of the church are...
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www.lectlaw.com/files/drg29.htm
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He called together a meeting of all of the great "roadmen" in 1918, and wrote the charter for and incorporated the Native American Church. ... By the year 1922, the Native American church claimed 22,000 members. That number exceeds 250,000 today.
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www.lycaeum.org/~iamklaus/native.htm
www.lycaeum.org/~iamklaus/native.htm
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