10.And I was so struck by the testimony of the Native Americans I interviewed as to what a role peyote had played in preserving their culture and in healing their trauma.
12.But you do get to hear Al Smith in his own words describing his story, his background, his—his struggle with alcoholism, his decision to take peyote when he became part of the Native American church.
13.Trauma, constant trauma -- extermination is really what was happening. Yes. So the peyote church begins for Native Americans in the 1880s, at this moment where they are on the verge of cultural annihilation.
14.They're aware of the psychedelic renaissance, and they think some of these companies coming into the psychedelic space are going to eventually train their attention on peyote or mescaline and that this will be taken away from them.