Note 7 — APPENDIX 9: THE NATIVE AMERICAN CHURCH AND OTHER PEYOTE CHURCHES

Report on the case, in Safford, Aztec Narcotic, 306. “Twelve years ago the Otoes brought the new religion to the Winnebagoes and Omahas of Nebraska.... In talking with Albert Hensley, one of the prominent leaders, he said, ‘The mescal was formerly used improperly, but since it has been used in connection with the Bible it is proving a great benefit to the Indians. Now we call our church the Union Church instead of Mescal-eaters’” (Letter, April 15, 1909 in Blair, The Indian Tribes, 282.)