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 ...

Burning herbs for their smoke to cleanse theenergy inside and around you is a practicecommonly known today as smudging.The ritual actually originated centuries ago,with Indigenous People in North ...

In 1993, Sandy Campbell moved into her dream home. She said that once she moved in, she immediately felt some sort of tension in the house. "I can't describe it," Campbell said. "(It was) just ...

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 ...

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