Note 102 — COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PLAINS PEYOTISM
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The importance of taking a comparative viewpoint is indicated by the statement of Gilmore, The Mescal Society, 165, “... the Omaha, of Nebraska, have interjected the use of wild sage, Artemesia gnaphalodes, in connection with mescal ceremonies, that plant having been an immemorial symbol of sacredness among the Omaha.” But see Kroeber, The Arapaho, 399, 401; Radin, The Winnebago Tribe, 415 and others.