The origins and development of the Peyote religion and the Native American Church -- Religious beliefs, ceremony, and ritual -- The assault on Peyotism -- The expansion of Peyotism -- Peyote art and ...

The cactus has been used in indigenous religious practices for centuries, but habitat loss and over-harvesting have impacted ...

A Native American Church affiliate in California says the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department violated their religious rights by destroying sacred plants.

Members of the Native American Church, as part of centuries of spiritual tradition among Indigenous people, use "sacred plant medicines such as peyote, cannabis, and other entheogenic sacraments ...

The church’s tenets include Native American beliefs, elements of Christianity, and the ceremonial use of peyote, a cactus containing the hallucinogenic compound mescaline, along with cannabis ...

A Native American Church affiliate in California says the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department violated their religious rights by destroying sacred plants.

A Native American Church affiliate in California says the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department violated their religious rights by destroying sacred plants.