Native American Church and the Indigenous Peyote Conservation Initiative - EntheoGeneration 2019
Channel: EntheoGeneration
Date: 2019-12-10

Steve Moore discusses the history of the relationship between indigenous peoples and the sacred Peyote Gardens of South Texas, the changes in federal and state law that led to the current regulation of peyote, the current crisis in Texas that results from overharvesting and land mismanagement, and the multi-pronged strategy of the Indigenous Peyote Conservation Initiative (IPCI) to address such challenges in a culturally sensitive manner.
 
Steve Moore is a Founding Board Member of ICPI and Senior Attorney for the Native American Rights Fund, representing Native American Church organizations in defending their status under federal law since the mid-1980s.
 
Hosted by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) and the Zendo Project, the EntheoGeneration speaker series launched at Burning Man 2019. A wide variety of educational presentations were held from Wednesday, August 28, 2019, through Saturday, August 31, 2019, featuring topics that explore the latest research and healing opportunities for humanity, how to address issues of inclusion and access, strategies to protect indigenous plant medicine traditions and more, from the brightest leaders active in the field today.
 
EntheoGeneration:
https://zendoproject.org/entheogeneration/
 
The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS):
https://maps.org
 
The Zendo Project - Psychedelic Peer Support:
https://zendoproject.org