A Lakota traditional healer said Tuesday that tobacco is an integral part of Native American religious ceremonies and denying its use is akin to taking away the Bible from a Christian. Richard Moves Camp, testifying during a federal trial challenging a South Dakota prison policy banning its use in such ceremonies, said tobacco has been a central part of prayer for thousands of years. The state prison system went tobacco-free in 2000 but made an exception for tobacco used in Native American ceremonies. But in an October 2009 letter eliminating that exemption, saying tobacco was being sold or bartered to other inmates.
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