Their Housing and Indigenous Services departments have introduced a pilot project “designed to help self-identified Indigenous students stay connected to their culture, while in the comfort of their ...

Smudging, a traditional Indigenous practice involving the burning of sacred herbs, is an important part of life for many Indigenous students at the University of Michigan. However, students say ...

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 ...

ST PAUL, Minn.— The Saint Paul Public School Board (SPPS) voted unanimously on Tuesday to support a new policy that allows Indigenous students to smudge in schools. “The policy that we want to bring ...

South High School has three academic programs…the open program, liberal arts, and the All Nations program, aculturally specific, Native American program that’s existed for more than 25 years. A ...

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 ...

St. Paul Public Schools is eyeing a new policy allowing and encouraging the Native American practice of smudging — the burning of sage or other sacred herbs for healing — at schools and events across ...