"Some people want the medicine man and woman to share their religious belief in the same manner that priests, rabbis, and ministers expound publicly the tenets of their denominations; others feel that Indian ceremonials are remnants of primitive life and should be abandoned." - Vine Deloria (NARF article) Religious freedom is an autonomy that most people living in the present take for granted. For most it is a right that they have never had to …showed first 75 words of 2963 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2963 total…www.Chattanooga.net/fmbnp/AIRF.htm*. Public Law 103-344, 108 STAT.3124 Passed by 103rd Congress "American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1994." The Vaults of the Erowid. Oct 29, 00. Earthlink. 10 Oct. 00 *Http://www.erowid.org/freedom/religious/airfaq.shtml*. Vecsey, Christopher. The Handbook of American Indian Religious Freedom. New York: Crossroad, 1991. Wilson, Tracy. "Authorities Return Peyote to Indians in Ventura County." The Vaults of the Erowid Oct. 29, 00. Earthlink. 12 Oct. 00 *Http://www.erowid.org/plants/peyote/peyote_media5.shtml*.