Peyote is being threatened by overharvesting, drug decriminalization laws and a resurgence in psychedelic use.

Explore the sacred role of peyote in Native American culture and efforts to protect it from environmental and human threats.

Amada Cardenas, a Mexican American woman who lived in the tiny border town of Mirando City in South Texas, played an ...

In this corner of southern Texas, the plump cacti seem to pop out of arid dust and cracked earth, like magic dumplings. It's ...

Peyote, a spineless cactus, grows naturally in South Texas and in parts of northern Mexico. It is sacred to many Native ...

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 members ...

A vast majority of peyote people agree the plant must be protected and should ... remembers at age 4 using peyote and singing ceremonial songs at all-night peyote ceremonies with his family.