FARGO, N.D. (AP) — In the decade since Fargo agreed to host a sweat lodge for the many Native Americans who live in the area, the simple structure and its users have suffered a series of indignities: ...

Joseph Bester, a spiritual adviser and elder in the Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Tribal Community, outside of a sweat lodge on May 6.

SALEM, Ore. — A prison is perhaps one of the last places you’d expect to find beauty. But razor wire and metal detectors won’t stop swallows from snatching up worms in carefully tended gardens. Nor ...

A Native American sweat lodge as seen Sunday off of 39th Street South in southwest Fargo. Logs are scattered around the site of a Native American sweat lodge off of 39th Street South in southwest ...

On Thursday October 8th two people died and 19 others were taken to a hospital from the Angel Valley Retreat Center, in the Sedona area, a renowned resort in central Arizona, after spending time in a ...

Always a good idea to have prison inmates spiritually centered. The East Oregonian reports on a gathering of Native-Americans behind bars. (Subscription may be required). More Northwest front pages ...

A $5 portable toilet fee that is charged to reserve a Native American sweat lodge on the grounds of the Sioux San Indian Health Service unit is a violation of their religious freedom, say two users of ...