The legal status of ONAC is guaranteed by the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the United States even if a church member is not of Native American heritage..

 

The Supreme Court has ruled that government agencies have no legal authority to legislate what Earth Based substance; plant, cacti, vine or herb that an ONAC member chooses to use as their sacrament. Numerous Federal and State courts have ruled in favor of ONAC in the use of these sacraments whenever it was challenged.

 

In the 1800s Native Americans were killed or incarcerated and their children were taken in order to deny Native Americans the ability to practice their spiritual beliefs.

 

Since the Native American Church was incorporated in 1918 numerous opponents have tried to restrict or deny Native American Churches of its constitutional rights and religious freedoms.

 

The Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 was specifically designed to stop defamation of Native American Churches.