[boatbums]

So how did the US government put the claps down on the Indians and their practice of shamanism? They were here long before the US government was here. Where is the religious freedom there?

Aren't the Native Americans allowed to continue their rituals and religious beliefs? They are self-governed on the various reservations and they are even allowed to open gambling casinos on Indian land, open to the public, and this goes on even in states that do not allow legal gambling. I am not aware of restrictions on their religious freedoms in America - on their own reservations or elsewhere. Can you name any?

[guitarplayer1953]

No they are not they can not in the south west ingest peyote which the shamans had done for centuries. The Indians forced upon the whitemans reservations have very little rights concerning the old ways. They can dance and sing but they can not practice medicine like they once did.

[guitarplayer1953]

No they are not they can not in the south west ingest peyote which the shamans had done for centuries. The Indians forced upon the whitemans reservations have very little rights concerning the old ways. They can dance and sing but they can not practice medicine like they once did.