MOORHEAD - To Cera Swiftwater, the experience inside a sweat lodge is like a hot shower. It's a place to collect her thoughts and pray for family and a "cleansing for the week." "It's honestly one of ...

Delvin Rogers, member of Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, carries a tin can and sage to prepare for smudging, a traditional cleansing of energy, outside the community sweat lodge July 23. Rogers ...

A ceremonial sauna for Native Americans could be coming to Benner state prison. Inmates Marvin Banks and Dale Arnold settled a federal civil rights lawsuit Tuesday with the state Department of ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify the history of the Arapaho in Boulder County, and to include Col. John Chivington’s full name. For the Arapaho tribes that used to roam Boulder ...

A Patagonia woman has sued the organizers of a sweat-lodge ceremony that turned deadly earlier this month near Sedona. Sidney D. Spencer, 59, was among the more than 50 people who found themselves ...

CAMP VERDE - In hindsight, says the family of a woman who died in an Arizona sweat-lodge ceremony, the red flags were obvious: Nearly $10,000 for a weeklong retreat with no refunds, led by a self-help ...

A Patagonia woman has sued the organizers of a sweat-lodge ceremony that turned deadly earlier this month near Sedona. Sidney D. Spencer, 59, was among more than 50 people inside the sweat lodge Oct.

PRESCOTT — Documents released Monday by Arizona authorities investigating a fatal sweat lodge ceremony confirm that serious medical problems had occurred at past events led by self-help guru James ...