MEXICAN WATER, Ariz. — For Navajo spiritual leader Steven Benally, saving a Native American religion from extinction means preserving those diminishing lands where hallucinogenic peyote grows wild.

HEBBRONVILLE, Texas (AP) — 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 ...

From the December, 1979 issue of High Times comes an eye-popping look at the world of art-making through the eyes of the Huichol, aka the Wixárika (“the people”). The Huichol/Wixárika live in Western ...

Drug tourists, mining companies and farming encroachment are threatening the Wixárika people’s annual hunt for the psychedelic plant in the Mexican desert. The Chihuahuan Desert in the Mexican state ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Steven Benally is a roadman, or "healer," in the Native American tradition of religious worship. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times) ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HEBBRONVILLE, Texas (AP) — In this corner of ...