This brief introduction to the religions of Native Americans provides an overview of the latest research and thought in this area. In writing the book, Gill aims to introduce an academically and ...

Members of the Indigenous community fear that frequent nonreligious use of the natural psychedelic is creating a shortage.

Forty years ago, the American Indian Religious Freedom Act finally finally extended that right to the country’s Native citizens. Here Native Americans who observe traditional ways talk about ...

The Native American Church developed into a distinct way of life around 1885 among the Kiowa and Comanche of Oklahoma. After 1891, it began to spread as far north as Canada. Now, more than 50 ...

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 ...

Nowhere is this more telling than in their respective religious beliefs and treatment of Native Americans. Pilgrims arose from the English Puritan movement in the 1570s. Puritans wanted the ...

Their culture and religion place them in the role of stewards ... Frank LaPena, professor, Native American studies Frank LaPena, professor, Native American studies When two different people ...

Despite the American Indian Religious Freedom Act, passed by the US Congress 40 years ago, Native Americans still struggle to protect public lands where they practice their religions.