[news] Indian culture includes tobacco

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BISHOP - Raymond Andrews picks through the foliage of wild tobacco plants on an arid, wind-swept Sierra Nevada plateau. The 55-year-old Paiute Indian, with waist-length gray hair and a leather satchel slung over his shoulder, inspects the leaves with an expert eye. Some, he prunes and discards. Others, he saves to smoke in sacred pipes or distribute as gifts of honor.

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