Verdell Primeaux is a Oglala, Yankton/Ponca singer and songwriter in a Church whose religion originated in what U.S. state?
Oklahoma
Title: Native American Church
Passage: The Native American Church (NAC), also known as Peyotism and Peyote Religion, is a Native American religion that teaches a combination of traditional Native American beliefs and Christianity, with sacramental use of the entheogen peyote.  The religion originated in the U.S. State of Oklahoma in the late nineteenth century after peyote was introduced to the southern Great Plains from Mexico.  Today it is the most widespread indigenous religion among Native Americans in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, with an estimated 250,000 adherents as of the late twentieth century.
Title: Persecution of Christians
Passage: Persecution of Christians can be traced historically based on the biblical account of Jesus from the first century of the Christian era to the present day.  Early Christians were persecuted for their faith at the hands of both Jews from whose religion Christianity arose and the Romans who controlled many of the land across which early Christianity was distributed.  Early in the fourth century, the religion was legalized by the Edict of Milan, and it eventually became the State church of the Roman Empire.
Title: Verdell Primeaux
Passage: Verdell Primeaux is a Oglala, Yankton/Ponca singer and songwriter in the Native American Church tradition of peyote songs, accompanied by rattle and water drum.  With Johnny Mike (Navajo), they are known as the duo "Primeaux and Mike".
Native American Church Verdell Primeaux