[PAR] [TLE] Mountain Wolf Woman [SEP] Mountain Wolf Woman, or Xéhachiwinga (1884–1960), was a Native American woman of the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) tribe.  She was born in April 1884 into the Thunder Clan near Black River Falls, Wisconsin.  Her parents were Charles Blowsnake and Lucy Goodvillage.  She was brought up in the traditional tribal religion; later, she converted to the Peyote religion (Native American Church) after her second marriage.  Her life exemplifies a successful adaptation to the larger dominant society while maintaining a serene sense of her own identity as a Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian woman.  Traditionally, brothers arranged their sisters’ marriages, but she did not like the man her brothers chose and after the birth of her second child, she left him and later married a man of her own choosing. [PAR] [TLE] Native American Church [SEP] The Native American Church (NAC), also known as Peyotism and Peyote Religion, is a Native American religion that teaches a combination of traditional Native American beliefs and Christianity, with sacramental use of the entheogen peyote.  The religion originated in the U.S. State of Oklahoma in the late nineteenth century after peyote was introduced to the southern Great Plains from Mexico.  Today it is the most widespread indigenous religion among Native Americans in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, with an estimated 250,000 adherents as of the late twentieth century.
[PAR] [TLE] Mountain Wolf Woman [ SEP ] Mountain Wolf Woman , or Xéhachiwinga ( 1884–1960 ) , was a Native American woman of the Ho - Chunk ( Winnebago ) tribe . She was born in April 1884 into the Thunder Clan near Black River Falls , Wisconsin . Her parents were Charles Blowsnake and Lucy Goodvillage . She was brought up in the traditional tribal religion ; later , she converted to the Peyote religion ( Native American Church ) after her second marriage . Her life exemplifies a successful adaptation to the larger dominant society while maintaining a serene sense of her own identity as a Winnebago ( Ho - Chunk ) Indian woman . Traditionally , brothers arranged their sisters ’ marriages , but she did not like the man her brothers chose and after the birth of her second child , she left him and later married a man of her own choosing . [PAR] [TLE] Native American Church [ SEP ] The Native American Church ( NAC ) , also known as Peyotism and Peyote Religion , is a Native American religion that teaches a combination of traditional Native American beliefs and Christianity , with sacramental use of the entheogen peyote . The religion originated in the U.S. State of Oklahoma in the late nineteenth century after peyote was introduced to the southern Great Plains from Mexico . Today it is the most widespread indigenous religion among Native Americans in the United States , Canada , and Mexico , with an estimated 250,000 adherents as of the late twentieth century .
Where did the religion of Mountain Wolf Woman originate?
Where did the religion of Mountain Wolf Woman originate ?
U.S. State of Oklahoma
U.S. State of Oklahoma