| Native American Church | |
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| Type | Syncretic, religious syncretic |
| Classification | Native American |
| Founder | Quanah Parker[1] |
| Origin | 19th century United States |
| Separations | Big moon peyotism |
| Members | 250,000 |
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The Native American Church (NAC), also known as Peyotism and Peyote Religion, is a syncretic Native American religion that teaches a combination of traditional Native American beliefs and elements of Christianity, especially pertaining to the Ten Commandments, with sacramental use of the entheogen peyote.[2] The religion originated in the Oklahoma Territory (1890–1907) in the late nineteenth century, after peyote was introduced to the southern Great Plains from Mexico.[2][3][4] Today, it is the most widespread indigenous religion among Native Americans in the United States (except Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians), Canada (specifically First Nations people in Saskatchewan and Alberta), and Mexico, with an estimated 300,000 adherents.[5][6][7][8][9]
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- ^ "University of Virginia Library". Religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu. 7 September 2006. Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ^ "A Brief History of the Native American Church". CSP. 1996. Archived from the original on 21 August 2007. Retrieved 14 February 2007.
- ^ Thompson, Darren (3 March 2023). "Leaders of Native American Church Pressure Biden Administration for Protections of Peyote Habitat". Native News Online. Retrieved 20 December 2023.