The Native American Church is considered the most widespread religious movement among the Indigenous people of North America. It holds sacred the peyote cactus, which grows naturally only in some ...

Members of the Indigenous community fear that frequent nonreligious use of the natural psychedelic is creating a shortage.

Native American cultures have a deep and profound connection with nature, viewing plants not only as sources of food and ...

Forty years ago, the American Indian Religious Freedom Act finally finally extended that right to the country's Native citizens.

Editor’s note: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Every November, numerous articles recount the arrival of 17th ...

HEBBRONVILLE, Texas In this corner of southern Texas, the plump cacti seem to pop out of arid dust and cracked earth, like magic dumplings. It’s only here and in northern Mexico that the bluish ...

The Native American Church is the most widespread religious movement among the Indigenous people of North America ...

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The property of the late Amada Cardenas, who was one of the first federally licensed peyote dealers, alongside her husband, to harvest and sell the sacramental plant to followers of the Native ...