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

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

Thanks to a $2.5 million grant the museum received from Lilly Endowment Inc., expressions of religion and spirituality among ...

Nigerian man sparks debate, calling Christianity a "scam" after Catholic priest dedicates hotel built by native doctor in his ...

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 ...

An early example of Pilgrim respect for the humanity of Native Americans came from the pen of Edward Winslow. Winslow was one of the chief Pilgrim founders of Plymouth. In 1622, just two years after ...

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. Pilgrims arose from the English Puritan movement that originated in the 1570s.