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The largest religion begun, organized, and directed by and for Native Americans, Peyotism includes the use of peyote in its ceremonies. As a sacred plant of divine origin, peyote use was well established in religious rituals in pre-Columbian Mexico. Toward the end of the 19th century Peyotism spread to the Indians of Texas and the Southwest, and it spread rapidly in the United States after the subsidence of the Ghost Dance. It persists today among Native Americans in Northern Mexico, the United States, and Southern Canada. Possibly because of the controversy over peyote use, a lot has been written about the Native American Church. This bibliography provides a useful guide for scholars, students, and Native Americans who want to research Peyotism.
The bibliography includes books and book chapters, master's theses, Ph.D. dissertations, magazine and journal articles, conference papers, museum publications, U.S. government publications, audiovisual materials, and World Wide Web sites. In addition, it includes selected articles from newspapers, law reviews, medical and psychiatric journals, and scientific journals that provide information on Peyotism. A valuable research guide, the bibliography will help to provide a greater understanding of the history, ceremonies, and significance of the pan-Indian religion.
List of contents
Preface
Introduction
Core Collection and General WorksIndividual TribesApache Tribe
Arapaho Tribe
Blackfeet Tribe
Caddo Tribe
Cheyenne Tribe
Commanche Tribe
Cree Tribe
Delaware Tribe
Fox Tribe
Goshute Tribe
Hopi Tribe
Hunichol Tribe
Kiowa Indians
Kiowa-Apache Indians
Lakota/Sioux Indians
Menominee Indians
Navajo Indians
Ojibwa Indians
Omaha Indians
Osage Indians
Otoe-Missouria Indians
Paiute Indians
Ponca Indians
Potawatomi Indians
Shoshone Indians
Taos Indians
Tarahumara Indians
Tonkawa Indians
Ute Indians
Washo Indians
Winnebago Indians
Appendix: Internet Sites
Index
About the author
PHILLIP M. WHITE is Reference Librarian and Bibliographer for American Indian Studies at San Diego State University and also serves as Adjunct Professor in the American Indian Studies Department. His earlier books include
The Native American Sun Dance Religion and Ceremony: An Annotated Bibliography (Greenwood, 1998) and
The Kickapoo Indians, Their History and Culture (Greenwood, 1999).
