Indigenous people in Colorado say Native people who have been using plant-based psychedelics for generations should not only be more involved in the discussions but leading them.
For 10 years, Kuthoomi Castro trained under Indigenous elders in Ecuador before he began the practice known within Native communities as serving medicine.
The group is on a mission to raise awareness about these issues even as an advisory board works with the state to establish rules for psychedelic sales and licensing facilities such as healing centers. Rabbi Ben Gorelick, measures out a precise amount of sacrament, psilocybin mushrooms, during The Sacred Tribe’s ceremony on Nov. 6, 2021. , clarifying the regulatory framework for a natural medicine program, but they noted that the use of these medicines for health conditions should be balanced with potential cultural harms to tribes and Indigenous people.
O’Donnell noted the new rules won’t apply to tribal nations, which are sovereign, but the tribes will be included since decisions outside their borders can affect them. “Right now because it has been legalized, or it’s moving into that, it’s pretty much open for people to do as they wish, as long as the system is saying it’s OK,” he said.
Lorenzo Gonzales, center, and other retreat participants reach their hands to the sky during a breathwork ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022, in Hildale, Utah. The session was a part of a three-night ayahuasca ceremony hosted by Hummingbird Church. As more states, including Colorado, decriminalize the use of psychedelics, some Indigenous groups are concerned what they view as a traditional medicine is being co-opted.
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