Abstract
The aims of this paper include the description and comparison of peyotism in North American Indian groups. It will be concerned with: 1) the nature of peyote as an hallucinatory alkaloid; 2) its diffusion among the American Indians; 3) the Plains type of peyotism, to include some of its variations from group to group; 4) the development of the Native American Church; 5) some of the legal problems concerning the practice, and 6) some of the aspects of the relationship between the individual and This paper is designed as a survey of existing literature on peyote, rather than an analysis in depth of more specific problems within the sphere of peyotism. Such an analysis is planned for the future, using Kansas Potawatomi data and the background information contained herein. From time to time brief comments will be made on aspects of Potawatomi peyotism as I have experienced it during a single ceremony, but otherwise no extensive statement on peyotism in this group is included.
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