Peyote is being threatened by overharvesting, drug decriminalization laws and a resurgence in psychedelic use.
The Native American Church is considered the most widespread religious movement among the Indigenous people of North America.
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 ...
Explore the sacred role of peyote in Native American culture and efforts to protect it from environmental and human threats.
Thanks to a $2.5 million grant the museum received from Lilly Endowment Inc., expressions of religion and spirituality among ...
Even though it is a controlled substance under federal law, an exemption afforded by a 1994 amendment to the American Indian ...
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 ...
(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 ...