Amada's Blessings from the Peyote Gardens of South Texas /

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"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Schaefer, Stacy B., 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Cardenas, Amada.
Native American Church of North America.
Peyotism.
Mexican Americans > Social life and customs.
Mexican Americans > Religion.
Mexican American women.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Mexican American women > Biography.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Beginnings:the land of the peyote gardens and los ojuelos
  • The peyote trade
  • Mirando city and the peyote business
  • Tepees on the landscape: the cardenases and the Native American Church
  • The mustang plains: Amada's place in the '60s and '70s
  • Amada's home: a worldly place
  • Saint, mom, and grandma on sacred peyote grounds
  • Amada's love
  • Amada's legacy.

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