Peyote Religion and

the Native American

Church
Habitat and Range of Peyote
Peyote (Lophophora williamsii): Uncut and
Cut Up and Dried as “Buttons”
Representation of Peyote Use from
an Aztec Codex
Oklahoma Tribes Where Peyote
Religion Is Found
Quanah Parker, Comanche (left) and the Delegation of
Peyotist with Members of the Medical Committee Who
Successfully Petitioned the Oklahoma Constitutional
Convention in 1907 to Recognize Peyotism as an Legal
Indian Religious Practice.
First Officers of the Native American Church of the
United States and the Seal of the Native American
Church of North America
Drawing of a Little Moon Altar and Ceremonial Space,
Painting of a Little Moon Ceremony, and Altar after
Ceremony
 Anthropologist James Mooney (left) and Aldous
Huxley were two non-Indians who participated in
Kiowa Peyote Meetings as part of Their Research:
Mooney in the late 1890’s and Huxley in the early
1960’s.
John Wilson, Caddo Indian, Originator of the Big
Moon Peyote Ceremony
Drawing of a Big Moon Altar and Ceremonial Space, Big
Moon Altar after Ceremony and Painting of Big Moon
Ceremony
 Quapaw Indian Native American Church Building
and Congregation Leaving Church after Ceremony
 Some Peyote Religion Equipment: Gourd Rattles, Fans,
Eagle Bone Whistles, Staff. Water Bucket and Ladle, Drum
and Drumsticks, Equipment Boxes
Peyote Stitch
Osage Indian Roadman, Preston Merrill, and a Painted
Representation of a Roadman by Kickapoo Indian Artist,
Stephen Mopope. Note the Staff in Mopope’s Painting.
Painting of a Vision by an Arapaho Member of the
Native American Church
 Painting of Dawn or Morning Water Woman
Waiting to Bring in Water at the Conclusion of the
Ceremony by Kiowa Artist Silverhorn
Identification Card for Authorized Distributors of
Peyote (top) and Sales Receipt for Purchase