Native American Church of North America Advocates at Capitol Hill for Protections of Peyote

WASHINGTON - Leaders of the Native American Church of North America (NACNA) are meeting on Capitol Hill this week to discuss continued protections of American Indian religious freedom, particularly the protection of peyote habitat.

"We secured the use of peyote with the American Indian Religious Freedom Act, but we never advocated for the protection of its habitat," Ryan Wilson, chairman of NACNA's Legislative Committee, said during Wednesday's meeting.

The American Indian Religious Freedom Act (AIRFA) of 1978 declared that the federal government would support American Indian and Alaskan Native religions. AIRFA was amended in 1994 to include the legal protections of the use, acquisition, and transportation of peyote by enrolled citizens of federally recognized tribes.

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