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Tobacco Use by Native North Americans: Sacred Smoke and Silent Killer mediamail Tanya Tagaq explores a worldRecently identified as a killer, tobacco has been the focus of health warnings, lawsuits, and political controversy. Yet many Native Americans continue to view tobacco when used properly as a life affirming and sacramental substance that plays a significant role in Native creation myths and religious ceremonies. This definitive work presents the origins, history, and contemporary use (and misuse) of tobacco by Native Americans. It describes wild and