In some of the earliest settlements in North America, specifically in Jamestown (in modern-day Virginia), and the Plymouth colony (in modern day Massachusetts), the original settlers that survived ...

The history of encounters between Catholicism and Native spirituality has often been marred by violence and oppression.

The building is dedicated to sharing the story of Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte, who became the first Native American to earn a medical degree in 1889 and then returned to the Omaha reservation to ...

Hungarian-American sculptor Peter Toth, at his Florida studio, has created 74 statues of native peoples in North and South America, part of his Trail of the Whispering Giants collection.

Native to North America, catalpa trees in June display clusters of white bell-shaped flowers before producing their distinctive 10-20 inch seed pods in fall.

Ayahuasca, a psychoactive substance, is illegal to consume in several countries, including the US. ... American tourist dies after drinking hallucinogenic herbal tea in Amazon rainforest.

The island’s ties to Native American culture were recognised during two days of celebration in St David’s at the weekend. The biannual powwow sought to honour links with Indigenous tribes ...

A forensic pathologist has revealed the cause of death of an American tourist who died after taking ayahuasca. Aaron Wayne Castranova, who was visiting a spiritual retreat in Peru, died after ...

“However, Ayahuasca is a psychoactive substance dimethyltryptamine (), a strong hallucinogen that is illegal in the United States and many other countries.”According to officials, the US man is not ...

A 41-year-old man from Alabama, Aaron Wayne Castranova, died during what was supposed to be a spiritual healing experience in Peru. The incident took place in the Loreto region, near the Brazilian ...

An American tourist’s quest for spiritual enlightenment in the Peruvian Amazon ended tragically when he died after consuming ayahuasca, a potent hallucinogenic brew traditionally used in indigenous ...