From the Leelanau Enterprise: “Leelanau County Family Court Judge Joseph E. Deegan last week ordered that the parents of three children who are members of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians must refrain from giving their children hallucinogenic peyote as part of Native American religious rituals.”
This appears to be an emerging issue in Michigan and perhaps elsewhere. Naturally, these cases arise when the families split and custody and visitation questions are decided in court. Interestingly, because there is relatively little trust land in Michigan, I would imagine that few (if any) of these cases are heard in tribal court. I wonder if the outcomes would be different.
My exhusband isn’t Native American but like many wealthy pot growers and traffickers in No. California, he holds peyote meetings and claims he is Native American Church. It is a status symbol to have enough money to hire a road man and provide enough peyote for 15-20 people to trip out on all night. These scary hippies give it to kids!!! People are investigating but laws should change to keep people from feeding kids drugs. Kayumari (a commune in Sonora, CA) even feeds kids DMT for religious purposes. THESE PEOPLE ARE SCARY AND SHOULD BE STOPPED!!!!