American Indian Religious Freedom Act

Congress eventually passed the American Indian Religious Freedom Act (AIRFA; 1978). AIRFA was intended to ensure the protection of Native American religions and their practitioners, and it successfully stripped away many of the bureaucratic obstacles with which they had been confronted. Before 1978, for instance, the terms of the…

The American Indian Religious Freedom Act (1978) is the primary legislation governing the religious uses of peyote in the United States.