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02702aam a2200421 i 4500 001 F477C0CC6B5311E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 150512s2015 nmuab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2015004415 020 $a 0826356214 (paperback) 020 $a 9780826356215 (paperback) 035 $a (OCoLC)907885162 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d IQU $d OCLCO $d CDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E184.M5 S322 2015 082 00 $a 305.48/86872073 $2 23 084 $a HIS036130 $a HIS036130 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Schaefer, Stacy B., $d 1956- $e author. 245 10 $a Amada's blessings from the peyote gardens of South Texas / $c Stacy B. Schaefer. 264 1 $a Albuquerque : $b University of New Mexico Press, $c 2015. 300 $a xvi, 301 pages : $b illustrations, map ; $c 23 cm 520 $a "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 Native American Church (NAC) in the 1930s, and after her husband's death in the late 1960s Mrs. Cardenas continued to befriend and help generations of NAC members until her death in 2005, just short of her 101st birthday. Author Stacy B. Schaefer, a close friend of Amada, spent thirteen years doing fieldwork with this remarkable woman. Her book weaves together the geography, biology, history, cultures, and religions that created the unique life of Mrs. Cardenas and the people she knew. Schaefer includes their words to help tell the story of how Mexican Americans, Tejanos, gringos, Native Americans, and others were touched and inspired by Amada Cardenas's embodiment of the core NAC values: faith, hope, love, and charity"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-286) and index. 600 10 $a Cardenas, Amada. 650 0 $a Mexican American women $v Biography. 650 0 $a Mexican Americans $x Social life and customs. 650 0 $a Mexican Americans $x Religion. 650 0 $a Peyotism. 610 20 $a Native American Church of North America. 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX). $2 bisacsh 856 42 $3 Cover image $u http://www.netread.com/jcusers/1422/3020514/image/lgcover.9780826356215.jpg 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826042635.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F477C0CC6B5311E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search