committee. This time the subject was the Native American Church's most notable characteristic, the ceremonial use of peyote. The resulting amendment to the Act legalized the use of peyote for official Native American religious purposes. The following year, the University of Missouri at Columbia awarded him an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. Lavina Koshiway Dailey had died in 1988. Truman Dailey died on December 16, 1996, and was buried next to her in the Otoe-Missouria Tribal Cemetery. References Sources "Truman Dailey" at Ioway Cultural Institute, URL accessed 05/27/06 1898 births 1996 deaths Last known speakers of a Native American language Native American Church Religious figures of the indigenous peoples of North America Religious leaders from Oklahoma Otoe people