The ceremony typically lasts all night and includes prayer, singing, the sacramental eating of peyote, water rites and ...

For Native American cultures, animals are more than symbols—they are spiritual companions and teachers, deeply woven into the fabric of existence. These sacred connections, forged through dreams ...

Peyote, a cactus containing mescaline, is sacred to many Indigenous people. It’s being threatened by over harvesting, drug ...

For thousands of years before Europeans ever set foot in North America, Native Americans had been building homes, communities, and nations across the continent, with cultural traditions and ...

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 ...

water rites and spiritual contemplation. Morgan Tosee, a member of the Comanche Nation who leads ceremonies within the Comanche Native American Church, said peyote is utilized in the context of ...

Peyote, a sacred plant for Native American Church members and found only in southern Texas and northern Mexico, faces threats from poaching and habitat destruction. Despite its protective legal status ...