RIO GRANDE CITY, TexasRIO GRANDE CITY, Texas — When the state of Texas licensed him as a peyote distributor in 1990, Mauro Morales put a sign in his front yard with his name and phone number: “Peyote ...

Most of my life it’s been boo, booze and blow. I didn’t get into trips until I was 42, in 1957, when a friend of mine in Santa Fe introduced me to peyote. A Taos Indian had given a dozen peyote ...

WEBB, Zapata, Jim Hogg and Starr Counties, all in Texas, look much like the rest of the American south-west—lots of parched rangeland, dotted with mesquite, cacti and the occasional ranch. In this ...

Leaders of the Native American Church have asked Utah investigators to hand over 3,500 peyote buttons seized in an investigation. Nick Stark, who says he is a medicine man in the Oklevueha Earth Walks ...

When the state of Texas licensed him as a peyote distributor in 1990, Mauro Morales put a sign in his front yard with his name and phone number: “Peyote Dealer. Buy or Sell Peyote.” His neighbors ...

Five mornings a week around 7 o`clock, 66-year-old grandmother Isabel Lopez slips on boots and a floppy hat and disappears into the southern Texas desert. She won`t say exactly where she is going, ...

Steven Benally is a roadman, or "healer," in the Native American tradition of religious worship. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times) For Navajo spiritual leader Steven Benally, saving a Native American ...

When the state of Texas licensed him as a peyote distributor in 1990, Mauro Morales put a sign in his front yard with his name and phone number: "Peyote Dealer. Buy or Sell Peyote." His neighbors ...