Citation

Abbott PJ. Am. Indian Alsk. Native Ment. Health Res. 1996; 7(2): 1-13.

Affiliation

Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, National Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8935245

Abstract

Alcohol beverages prior to White contact originated with the Mayan and the Aztec Nations and spread to the American Indians of the Southwest. Surprisingly, there are a number of accounts of alcohol use among other American Indians and Alaska Natives. Beverages were limited to wine and beer, and included: balche, pulque, and "haren a pitahaya" wines, tulpi beer and other beverages. White contact brought dramatic shifts in the use and function of alcoholic beverages in American Indian and Alaska Native societies.

Language: en