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Peyote and the Yankton Sioux
The Life and Times of Sam Necklace
By Thomas Constantine Maroukis
Volume 249 in the Civilization of the American Indian Series
Foreword by Leonard R. Bruguier
In Peyote and the Yankton Sioux, Thomas Constantine Maroukis focuses on Yankton Sioux spiritual leader Sam Necklace, tracing his family’s history for seven generations. Through this history, Maroukis shows how Necklace and his family shaped and were shaped by the Native American Church. Sam Necklace was chief priest of the Yankton Sioux Native American Church from 1929 to 1949, and the five succeeding generations of his family have been members of the Church. As chief priest, Necklace helped establish the Peyote religion firmly among the Yankton, who thereby maintained their cultural and spiritual autonomy even when the U.S. government denied them, and American Indians generally, political and economic self-determination.
Thomas Constantine Maroukis is Professor of History at Capital University, Columbus, Ohio. Leonard R. Bruguier, a Yankton Sioux and lifelong member of the Native American Church, is director of the Institute of American Indian Studies, University of South Dakota.
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