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DESCRIPTION:Cultural Defense for Use of Sacrament Put to the Test in Case Involving 
 Oaks Tree-Sit Leader\n\nOakland-On Thursday, February 5th, 2008, attorneys 
 from Tony Serra’s Pier 5 law office will argue for dismissal of charges 
 of possession of mushrooms in the case of Native American leader/elder 
 Zachary Running Wolf, a Blackfeet spiritual leader who spearheaded the 
 14-month tree-sit at the Memorial Oak Grove (Ohlone Burial ground) on UC 
 Berkeley (UCB) campus, along with students and other community activists. A 
 press conference at 8:30 a.m. with Bay Area Native American leaders will 
 follow a sage ceremony and precede the 9 a.m. court hearing before Judge 
 Sandra Beane in Oakland Superior Court at 661 Washington St., 
 Oakland.\n\nRunning Wolf was charged last October with possession of 
 psilosybin mushrooms, a MISDEMEANOR AT THE OAK GROVE ON A WARRANT\nHowever, 
 argues attorney Omar Figueroa, it is known that medicine men in some tribes 
 use mushrooms helpful in inducing visions as a sacrament to bring knowledge 
 to the tribe, as is practiced with the ayawasca SP?? mushroom amongst 
 indigenous people in Brazil. There is precedent for use of peyote as a 
 sacrament among native peoples of the southwest in the U.S. (“Woody 
 case” in California Supreme Court). Figueroa and co-counsel James Clark 
 plan to bring expert witnesses including Gary Hill, vice-president of the 
 Native American Church.\n\nThe cultural defense Running Wolf’s attorneys 
 will argue invokes the constitutionally protected right to practice one’s 
 religion of choice, particularly when it is historically recognized, and to 
 use sacraments in that practice.\n\nRunning Wolf continues to maintain a 
 presence at the Oak Grove tree-sit, where he has been targeted by police, 
 racking up the most arrests of any individual there—11 at this date. 
 Others from the tree-sit will be in Oakland court next week for their 
 trials.\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/02/02/18476616.php
SUMMARY:RunningWolf on Trial
LOCATION:661 Washington Street, Oakland CA Department 115
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/02/02/18476616.php
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