Amada's Blessings from the Peyote Gardens of South Texas - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of New Mexico PressISBN-13:9780826356215ISBN-10:826356214UPC:9780826356215Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Anthropology, United States, Women's StudiesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.90 x 6.10 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC6ZRSG4TQ
Amada's Blessings from the Peyote Gardens of South Texas
Amada Cardenas, a Mexican American woman from the borderlands of South Texas, played a pivotal role in the little-known history of the peyote trade. She and her husband were the first federally licensed peyote dealers. They began harvesting and selling the sacramental plant to followers of the Native American Church (NAC) in the 1930s, and after her husband's death in the late 1960s Mrs. Cardenas...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of New Mexico PressISBN-13:9780826356215ISBN-10:826356214UPC:9780826356215Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Anthropology, United States, Women's StudiesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.90 x 6.10 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC6ZRSG4TQ
Stacy B. Schaefer, professor emerita of anthropology at California State University, Chico (CSUC), and former codirector of the Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology (CSUC), has worked in research, curatorial, and educational capacities at a number of California museums. Her most recent book is Huichol Women, Weavers, and Shamans (UNM Press). Currently her research includes ethnographic...
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