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California Indians
- In California Indian: Religion
… in the north and the Toloache in the south. Both involved the formal indoctrination of initiates and—potentially, depending upon the individual—a series of subsequent status promotions within the religious society; these processes could literally occupy initiates, members, and mentors throughout their lifetimes. Members of these religious societies exercised considerable economic,…
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Gabrielino
- In Gabrielino
…rituals and the drinking of toloache, a hallucinogen made from the jimsonweed (Datura stramonium).
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