People of the Peyote expores the culture of the Huichol Indians of Mexico. The Huichols are best known outside Mexico for their worship of the peyote cactus. Ritually harvested each year, the peyote flower is pivotal to most Huichol observances of the annual ceremonial round. Authored by an international array of scholars including Huichol Indians, contributions to this volume analyze Huichol ethnography, ethnohistory, shamanism, religion, mythology, art, ethnobotany, society, and other topics.