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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...