It holds sacred the peyote cactus, which grows naturally only in some parts of southern Texas and northern Mexico. Peyote has been used spiritually in ceremonies, and as a medicine by Native ...

The property of the late Amada Cardenas, who was one of the first federally licensed peyote dealers, alongside her husband, to harvest and sell the sacramental plant to followers of the Native ...

Why This Mexican American Woman Played a Vital Role in the US Sacramental Peyote Trade MIRANDO CITY, Texas (AP) — The late Amada Cardenas was called many things — the “angel of peyote ...