Incorporation of Native American Church under Saskatchewan Benevolent Societies Act

Because peyote ceremonies had legal protection as part of the Native American Church, it became difficult for Indian Affairs officials to suppress ceremonies that employed this substance. This represented a transition from the privileging of Christian religious institutions as being the primary expression of legitimate spirituality in Saskatchewan - a Eurocentric belief that was upheld by the Doctrine of Discovery and resulted in the oppression of Indigenous spirituality from contact onwards (evident through colonial endeavours like missionaries and education policies).