There's a lot going on in the opinion, but I'll focus on the sweat lodge issue: Evans explained that the first 4 years of his life, his grandmother raised him "in the native way." But Evans ...

The council decided that Oujé-Bougoumou’s Christian founding elders had not intended the community to partake in “native spirituality or practices.” “The practice of the sweat lodge and ...

Saunas: "It was like the heat became this kind of emotional poultice; that could bring out what was inside." Author Rosanna ...

Pandemic sets back planned permanent sweat lodge in Edmonton 'I'm not going back to prison': How a healing lodge motivated one inmate to change While it is intended for Indigenous people to use ...

Native Americans had the highest overdose death ... for traditional and cultural healing practices — anything from sweat lodges and smudging ceremonies to basketmaking and programs that teach ...

“Sweat lodges serve spiritual, cultural and practical purposes for Indigenous peoples,” Johnson told the County Board during an April committee meeting. “It is a place to connect with the ...

Sweat lodges are ceremonial spaces for Native Americans. Ceremonies involve pouring water over hot rocks in an enclosed dome while prayers are sung, typically in an Indigenous language.

Sweat lodges are a ceremonial venue that many Native American tribes use for prayer and purification. These lodges vary in structure, but the process generally entails filling a sealed room with ...

“And that we’re trying to change.” The lack of powwows, sweat lodges and other Native American religious ceremonies during the pandemic made a difficult time period even harder, according to ...

The two-spirit community already faces some of the highest rates of discrimination, violence and harassment of any group in ...

The Saint John Regional Correctional Centre is adding a sweat lodge to its facility to offer Indigenous inmates a space for healing and ceremony. Sitansisk Elder Chris Brooks told the CBC's Shift ...