Last week in Sedona Arizona, during a “spiritual warrior” retreat led by New Age, self-help expert James Arthur Ray, two people died in a “sweat lodge ceremony” and more than twenty were sickened.

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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: ...

Ray sprinkled them with sandalwood meant for aroma. He led the group in chants and prayers in a Native American tongue during the sweat lodge ceremony. He poured a 5-gallon (19-liter) bucket of water ...

Members of the Fargo Native American Commission want to find a place where local American Indians can take part in sweat lodge ceremonies. A committee with representatives from the commission and the ...

From yesterday's decision by the Nebraska Court of Appeals in Ewing v. Evans, by Judge Francie Riedmann, joined by Judges Riko Bishop and Lawrence Welch: Joseph Evans appeals the order of the ...

The arrest of a man who was tending a fire for a ritual sweat lodg e ceremony on land owned by the city of Fargo provides a teachable moment. The police officer who made the arrest, a recent hire, was ...

* Those who run the sweat lodge purification ceremony should be Native and should be able to speak their tribe's language. "Those that run this sacred rite should be able to communicate with ...

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 ...

Ray sprinkled them with sandalwood meant for aroma. He led the group in chants and prayers in a Native American tongue during the sweat lodge ceremony. He poured a 5-gallon bucket of water over the ...