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	<title>Religion News Blog &#187; Peyote</title>
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		<title>Church seeks probe of peyote prosecutions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Utah County: Members claim officials unduly burdened the free practice of their religion
PROVO - Less than two weeks after two of its co-founders agreed to stop using and distributing peyote in exchange for the dismissal of federal charges against them, their Oklevueha Earthwalks Native American Church called for a probe into the role of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charges Dropped vs. Couple in Peyote Case</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Federal prosecutors on Wednesday dropped charges against a husband and wife accused of illegally distributing peyote after they agreed to stay away from the hallucinogenic drug.
James Mooney, 62, and his wife, Linda, 52, leaders of the Oklevueha EarthWalks Native American Church of Utah, had pleaded not guilty to multiple counts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No harm in Navajos’ peyote use, study finds</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/12722/no-harm-in-navajos-peyote-use-study-finds</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON – A study of the effects of peyote on American Indians found no evidence that the hallucinogenic cactus caused brain damage or psychological problems among people who used it frequently in religious ceremonies.
In fact, researchers from Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital found that members of the Native American Church performed better on some psychological tests than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court tosses suit seeking return of seized peyote</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/12286/court-tosses-suit-seeking-return-of-seized-peyote</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A judge on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit filed by an American Indian church and its founder that sought return of peyote seized by Utah County authorities five years ago.
U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball said the Oklevueha Earthwalks Native American Church of Utah and James &#8220;Flaming Eagle&#8221; Mooney had failed to serve the defendants official [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Rare and Unusual Harvest</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/12247/a-rare-and-unusual-harvest</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Man Collects Peyote Buttons From Cactus for American Indian Rites
MIRANDO CITY, Tex. &#8212; In the heart of Rio Grande brush country, Salvador Johnson works a patch of land just east of the Mexican border that is sacred to Native Americans.
Spade in hand, eyes scanning the earth as he pushes through the spiny brush, Johnson searches [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navajo Nation president signs peyote bill into law</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/11886/navajo-nation-president-signs-peyote-bill-into-law</link>
		<comments>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/11886/navajo-nation-president-signs-peyote-bill-into-law#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) - Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. has signed a law that makes it legal for Navajos to transport and possess peyote for ceremonial purposes on Navajo Nation land.
The new tribal law also allows peyote that Navajo police confiscate from people who have it illegally to be given to the Native [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No bail for Utah County peyote promoter</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/11530/no-bail-for-utah-county-peyote-promoter</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Called a danger to community: Witnesses testify James &#8220;Flaming Eagle&#8221; had threatened them for cooperating in an investigation
A federal magistrate said Tuesday that a Utah County man who promotes the use of peyote in American Indian religious ceremonies is a danger to the community and ordered him held until his trial on drug charges.
But U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicine man, wife arrested again on peyote charges</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/11529/medicine-man-wife-arrested-again-on-peyote-charges</link>
		<comments>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/11529/medicine-man-wife-arrested-again-on-peyote-charges#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SPANISH FORK — Medicine man James &#8220;Flaming Eagle&#8221; Mooney and his wife, Linda, were arrested Thursday by Drug Enforcement Agency officials.
DEA agents originally attempted last week to arrest the Mooneys at their home in Benjamin, but were unable to take them into custody because they were out of town visiting relatives.

Background
James Mooney: Medicine Man
Peyote and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicine Man</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/11237/medicine-man</link>
		<comments>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/11237/medicine-man#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A nightmarish childhood experience moved James Warren &#8220;Flaming Eagle&#8221; Mooney to take up one of the oldest jobs in North American history. Once charged with a dozen felonies for giving peyote to &#8216;non-Native Americans&#8217; in religious ceremonies, Mooney&#8217;s legal battle culminated in a landmark court ruling that protected him from prosecution in Utah courts. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peyote and peyote law</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/11236/peyote-and-peyote-law</link>
		<comments>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/11236/peyote-and-peyote-law#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When Spanish explorers first stepped onto America&#8217;s soil, several tribes in northern Mexico had already used peyote for a dozen generations.
Today, peyote grows chiefly in northern Mexico and south Texas. The plant is a small, woolly cactus shaped like a button and is traditionally consumed either in tea made from dried buttons or by swallowing [...]]]></description>
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