DULUTH — It’s a little after 8 a.m. on a gray Friday when Waabigwanikwe kneels in the center of a gaggle of students at Lowell Elementary School and unpacks a brightly colored bag. Inside: ...

Let’s face it: The wellness industry has a cultural appropriation problem. From yoga to jade rolling and Ayahuasca, practices with ancient origins and, many times, deep cultural significance to the ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — St. Paul Public Schools officials are drafting a new policy to allow and encourage the Native American practice of smudging at schools and events in Minnesota’s second-largest ...

ST. PAUL --The second-largest school district in the state made a big change in the way it honors Indigenous cultures. The ritual of smudging is now allowed inside classrooms at St. Paul Public ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lisa Bellanger, Co-Director of the American Indian Movement, smudges a group of supporters on Tuesday, August 23, advocating for a ...

A Minnesota school district has approved the use of smudging, a Native American cultural practice of burning sage or herbs for healing and cleansing negative thoughts. A Minnesota school district has ...

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 ...