Thousands of Native Americans have their racial identity wrongly recorded on their death certificates. This has led to a ...

Smudging can clear your emotional, energetic, spiritual and physical body. ... it was in 1978 when the American Indian Religious Freedom Act restored the use of sage to Native Americans again.

“Smudging can sometimes be considered somewhat controversial because it is a Native American practice,” agrees Michelle Orwick, a spiritual activator and magical mindset coach.

RELATED: Smudging as healing practice approved for St. Paul Public Schools Students can smudge during their lunch hour or in their Native American studies classroom with staff supervision required ...

Smudging is “a sacred, centuries-old cultural practice” used by some Native American or Indigenous tribal members that involves the burning of tobacco, sage and other herbs, according to the ...

As the practice has moved into the mainstream, one Native American describes the act of “smudging” as “pimping out the blessing. ... ‘Sage is your friend, not your smudge stick’: Taking back a native ...

Native American cultures have a deep and profound connection with nature, viewing plants not only as sources of food and ...

Prayers followed, with the blowing of a conch shell, then a set of Native American songs: a Chumash welcome song, a Lakota ...

July 4 is a day many Americans celebrate to honor the country’s independence from Great Britain. For many Native Americans, ...

A 2023 report by Native Health, a nonprofit organization that provides health and wellness services to Native Americans, found that 27% of people in Arizona’s Indigenous communities said they ...

In this collection, delve into stories from We Shall Remain, a five-part 2009 series on the history and lives of Native Americans, and from other American Experience films.

The idea of contextualized Native American ministry has been around since the 1980s, but for some reason has not been brought forth much in Minnesota, ... It began with a smudging ceremony, ...