Smudging is the practice of lighting herbs to create smoke that is wafted around a person or space in order to cleanse and ...

Native American protesters ... solution was also the simplest: smudge. Smudging is the act of cleansing, spiritually and physically, by burning plants like sage, cedar or sweetgrass and enveloping ...

When Lakota artist Marty Two Bulls Jr. looks at the Black Hills of South Dakota, he doesn’t just see its natural beauty. He also sees a scar cut deep into the heart of the universe. The mountain ...

21, 2023, in, Keystone, S.D. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) FILE - Native American ... prepare sage that was donated by Native families across the country to be burned as a smudge to cleanse ...