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 ...
The burning of sage and other Native American medicines — the cultural practice known as smudging — received its official blessing Tuesday for students and staff members across the St. Paul Public ...
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 ...
Bernice Lazore of the Mohawk Wolf Clan and Theresa Steele, an Algonquin, conduct a smudging ritual at the start of Mass on the feast day of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha in Fonda, N.Y., in this July 14, ...