ANN ARBOR, MI - The tobacco-free policy at the University of Michigan now exempts smudging, a ritual by some Native American and Indigenous people of burning herbs to bless places. UM became a ...

Oneida Nation spiritual and cultural leaders held a traditional tobacco-burning and smudging ceremony Wednesday at the Radisson Hotel to help start the healing process for employees after a deadly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lisa Bellanger, Co-Director of the American Indian Movement, smudges a group of supporters on Tuesday, August 23, advocating for a ...

The Saint Paul Board of Education approved a district-wide smudging policy on Tuesday, allowing students and staff to use tobacco, sage, sweetgrass, and cedar to perform the traditional Native ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Some time before the pandemic, Johnson High School students were the first to learn about and implement the indigenous practice of smudging within its school. When the students said ...

St. Paul Public Schools is drafting a new policy that would allow students to engage in the American Indian cultural practice of smudging in buildings throughout the school district. Smudging involves ...

A spiritual leader of Eagle Talon Brotherhood held a feather and burning sage in a shell bowl while performing the smudging ceremony at the Blackfish Monument. Sure, my smudging ceremony was a little ...

EMMET COUNTY, Mich,. (WPBN/WGTU) - - A celebration of unity took place in Emmet County, bringing together Native American traditions and the Catholic faith. The event marked the restoration of a Holy ...

Two years ago, Maria Sontag brought Wellbriety to Rochester. Since then, the substance abuse recovery program has fostered a healing community for dozens of people in southeast Minnesota. Devin Weyaus ...