Native American Church members in Texas have long used peyote in prayer and during religious ceremonies. But believers and academics now say there's a shortage of the bluish-green plant, best known ...

A new investigation by The Associated Press and Chalkbeat found that Native American students are more likely to be chronically absent from school today — way more likely. This was true to some extent ...

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 ...

It’s only here and in northern Mexico that the bluish-green peyote plant can be found growing naturally, nestled under thorny mesquite, acacia and blackbrush. For many Native American Church ...