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 ...

ST. LOUIS -- A federal appeals panel has restored a Missouri inmate's lawsuit demanding religious use of an American Indian sweat lodge, suggesting that the imprisoned killer perhaps deserved more ...

ESTANCIA, N.M. -- Melvin Martin was once seething behind bars. But the Navajo inmate says he is feeling relaxed, respectful and reconnected to his culture these days, all because of weekly sessions in ...

ALBANY - The boy who escaped in November from Oak Creek Youth Correctional Facility got out by first hiding in a American Indian sweat lodge and then scaling two fences. The sweat lodge has been shut ...

The American Indian has been raped again, only this time it is spiritual. When we see people such as self-styled guru James Arthur Ray using the American Indian sweat lodge in a large revival setting ...