ST. PAUL, Minn. --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 ...

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 ...

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: ...

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. The St. Paul Public Schools ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Native American traditional practice of smudging is now allowed at St. Paul Public Schools. The district announced that its board of education approved the smudging policy ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

No-smudging signs were posted at the University of Mary’s annual Mid-Winter Powwow, an event that took place Sunday, Jan. 15, in partnership with the United Tribes Technical College. This sign was ...

Within the exclusive southern Utah resort of Amangiri, there’s a common sight in the suites and the spa: A bundle of sage. A guest usually will find a bundle in an abalone shell bowl containing ashes, ...