Newsday

Peyote sacred to Native Americans threatened by psychedelic renaissance and development

HEBBRONVILLE, Texas — In this corner of southern Texas, the plump cacti seem to pop out of arid dust and cracked earth, like magic dumplings. It’s only here and in northern Mexico that the ...
The Guardian

Peyote is the darling of the psychedelics renaissance. Indigenous users say it co-opts ‘a sacred way of life’

Peyote was sent by the creator as a kind of life raft that traveled from tribe to tribe, and those who jumped on, survived. Radiocarbon studies of peyote buttons have dated the ritual use of ...
NBC 7 San Diego

Peyote that grows naturally in South Texas and Mexico threatened

In this corner of southern Texas, the plump cacti seem to pop out of arid dust and cracked earth, like magic dumplings. It’s only here and in northern Mexico that the bluish-green peyote plant can be ...
FOX 10 Phoenix

Peyote sacred to Native Americans threatened by psychedelic renaissance and development

For many Native American Church members who call this region the "peyote gardens," the plant is sacrosanct and an inextricable part of their prayer and ceremony. It’s believed to be a natural healer ...
The Guardian

Peyote is the darling of the psychedelics renaissance. Indigenous users say it co-opts ‘a sacred way of life’

Indigenous Americans fought through genocide and forced assimilation to use peyote in peace. Will the psychedelics boom co-opt it? On the first day of autumn, evening temperatures near Window Rock, ...