The Peyote Religion Among the Navaho.
Religion is one way of doing so.
Transmitting Navajo religion without the language in which its ideas are embodied will be difficult. Today peyotists refer to themselves as traditionalists and respecters of Navajo ceremonies. They see an alliance between Peyotism and Navajo ceremonies, contrasting them with Christianity, viewed as alien. The decision was a radical departure from crucial prior decisions. As Justice Blackmun said in his dissent, This court over the years painstakingly has developed a consistent and exacting standard to test the constitutionality of a state statute that burdens the free exercise of religion.