Nanea Renteria is a PhD Candidate in the Religion Department at Columbia University. Her dissertation examines the contributions of Indigenous women to the Native American Church, whose members utilize peyote as the central sacrament of their religious ceremonies. Using both archival and oral history methods, Nanea’s work attends to the ongoing ramifications of late 19th century frontier violence and subsequent assimilation policies on the religious lifeways of western Oklahoma tribes. Her dissertation, Peyote Women: Gender, Healing, and Power highlights the creativity, determination, and healing practices of Indigenous communities who, when faced with state repression, orient toward the sacred.