Indigenous Peoples & Local Community Authorities (IPLC-As)
Indigenous peoples and local community authorities (IPLC-As) asserting sovereignty over traditional psychedelic plant knowledge.
All Organisations
Conferência Indígena da Ayahuasca (Indigenous Ayahuasca Conference)
Indigenous-led governance forum focused on ayahuasca traditional knowledge protection, leadership coordination, and benefit-sharing discussions across participating peoples of the Americas.
Federation of the Huni Kui People of the State of Acre (FEPHAC)
Indigenous federation representing Huni Kui communities across Acre and neighboring territories, focused on self-determination, biocultural protection, and safeguarding ancestral knowledge linked to plant-medicine traditions.
Indigenous Medicine Conservation Fund (IMC Fund)
Conservation and reciprocity fund supporting Indigenous and local communities in medicine-plant stewardship, including iboga and peyote-related biocultural initiatives.
Indigenous Peyote Conservation Initiative (IPCI)
Indigenous-led conservation initiative focused on peyote habitat protection, Native church support, and long-term stewardship of culturally significant medicine plants.
Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative (IRI)
Indigenous reciprocity and stewardship initiative centered on relationship-based accountability between psychedelic sectors and Indigenous communities.
Morning Star Conservancy
US nonprofit focused on Indigenous-led peyote conservation, church support, and reciprocal stewardship programs with Native American communities.
National Council of Native American Churches (NCNAC)
Inter-organizational Indigenous council composed of Native American Church bodies that issues public positions on peyote sacramental protection and legitimacy of Indigenous church governance.
Native American Church of North America (NACNA)
Indigenous Native American Church organization advocating for protection of peyote sacramental use, chapter governance, and religious freedom in the United States.
Organization for Indigenous Outreach & Conservation (OIOC)
Indigenous-led Kamentsa organization in Colombia focused on biocultural conservation, language and elder knowledge preservation, and regenerative stewardship linked to Yage (Ayahuasca) traditions and territorial sovereignty.
Regional Wixárika Council for the Defense of Wirikuta
Wixárika Indigenous authority coalition defending Wirikuta sacred sites and peyote stewardship, including legal and governance advocacy related to land protection.
UMIYAC
Indigenous federation of yage practitioners from the Colombian Amazon representing community authorities and traditional medicine governance in policy, stewardship, and cultural continuity efforts.
Yawanawa Sociocultural Association (ASCY)
Indigenous Yawanawa association in the Brazilian Amazon that protects cultural and spiritual heritage, rainforest territories, and community-led initiatives rooted in ancestral knowledge.
Yorenka Tasorentsi Institute
Indigenous-led Amazonian initiative founded by Yorenka Tasorentsi (Chief Benki Piyako) that advances forest regeneration, traditional medicine knowledge protection, and intercultural education.