Poaching, excessive harvesting and other factors are endangering the slow-growing peyote plant, which is used in Indigenous ...

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

In this corner of southern Texas, the plump cacti seem to pop out of arid dust and cracked earth, like magic dumplings. It’s ...

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 ...

The Native American Church is a religious movement among Indigenous North Americans that considers the peyote cactus as sacred. Despite being a controlled substance, specific laws permit its use by ...

(AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski) 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 ...

Even though it is a controlled substance under federal law, an exemption afforded by a 1994 amendment to the American Indian Religious Freedom Act made it legal for Native Americans to use ...

Nowhere is this more telling than in their respective religious beliefs and treatment of Native Americans. Where did the Pilgrims come from? Pilgrims arose from the English Puritan movement that ...