Associated Press 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 ...

New efforts surrounding the impact of religion in Native cultures are coming to the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and ...

adding that it took decades of lobbying until an amendment to the American Indian Religious Freedom Act in 1994 permitted members of federally recognized Native American tribes to use peyote for ...

The president lamented that Indian boarding schools all but erased the culture and language of Native American tribes and said the US would embark on a “10-year plan to revive Native languages ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. President Joe Biden has designated a national monument at a former Native American boarding school site in ...

Even though it is a controlled substance under federal law, an exemption afforded by a 1994 amendment to the American Indian Religious Freedom Act made it legal for Native Americans to use ...

The attention that Native American communities are paying to their own needs was lauded by Richard Monocchio, principal deputy assistant secretary for public and Indian housing at HUD.

In 1825, an English aristocrat is captured by Native Americans. He lives with them and begins to understand their way of life. Eventually, he is accepted as part of the tribe and aspires to become ...