Stewart, Omer Call, 1908-1991

Omer C. Stewart (1908-1991) was Professor Emeritus of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado and a renowned scholar of indigenous religions, particularly peyotism. He was also an outspoken advocate for the indigenous nations of the United States. Omer C. Stewart and Martha C. Knack wrote a book together in 1984 titled As Long as the River Shall Run: An Ethnohistory of Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation.

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Weaver, Thomas. "Omer C. Stewart: Advocate for Indian Religion and Land Claims." In SfAA Malinowski Award Papers, by the Society for Applied Anthropology, 2002. http://www.sfaa.net/publications/other/malinowski-award-monograph/chapter-13/

UNLV Media Services "UNLV Honors Outstanding Faculty Members," April 24, 2002, accessed June 8, 2015, http://news.unlv.edu/release/unlv-honors-outstanding-faculty-members.