As spring begins to warm us during the day and winter leaves behind its cold trace in the mornings and nights, the Native ...

Tobacco use in the form of cigarettes, smokeless tobacco and other commercial products remains one of the leading causes of ...

For Juliet’s Jewels, crystals are a powerful way to connect and care for both the individual and the community at large.

Sobriety is a subtle but integral pillar of the American Indian Center, where parking lot signs prohibit smoking anywhere on the grounds and an indoor mural implores, “Keep Tobacco Sacred.” ...

Weed, obviously. But also a ton of innovation, some surprising ingredients, a dose of hucksterism—and a tradition on the ...

These double-headed, hourglass-shaped drums are often played in ensembles of three for sacred ... Americans, East Indians and Europeans, and her mother was of similar heritage and part Native ...

Tobacco holds a sacred place in many Native American cultures, used as an offering and in prayers to communicate with the spirit world. Tribes such as the Cherokee, Iroquois, and Lakota regard tobacco ...

It is the sacramental medicine of the Native ... American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978. The top of the cactus contains buttons, which are consumed fresh or dried, are often smoked like ...

Carr, an eager American with khaki pants and a Boy ... Locals consider the mountain sacred, but population growth has pushed people farther up its slopes; traditional leaders say Christian ...