Protecting Religious Rights: A Plea to Representative Schwabe Regarding Bill H.R. 2403, 1945-03-22

Mr. Allen P. Dale wrote a letter to Representative George B. Schwabe regarding Bill H.R. 2403, which restricts the use of the Peyote religion among Native Americans. Dale, a full-blood Omaha Indian, argues that Peyote has been used for worship by Indigenous peoples long before the arrival of white settlers. He emphasizes the importance of religious freedom and requests that the bill be quashed to protect the rights of Native Americans who use Peyote as a sacrament. Dale also mentions the sacrifices made by Indigenous soldiers in wars alongside their non-Indigenous counterparts.