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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Burning herbs for their smoke to cleanse theenergy inside and around you is a practicecommonly known today as smudging.The ritual ...

2018 has brought with it a kind of New Age renaissance. Where our homes were once filled with plants, art and throw pillows, they’re now filled with crystals, tarot cards and sage sticks. (Let’s be ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - Richie Richards remembers gathering with 20 of his relatives to visit their dying cousin in 2016. The group helped Joseph Marshal stand up next to his bed at the Regional ...

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 ...

ST. PAUL --The second-largest school district in the state made a big change in the way it honors Indigenous cultures. The ritual of smudging is now allowed inside classrooms at St. Paul Public ...