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Sage, sacred to Native Americans, is being used in purification rituals, raising issues of cultural appropriation

  • Written by Helen A. Berger, Affliated Scholar at the Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University
Sage, sacred to Native Americans, is being used in purification rituals, raising issues of cultural appropriationWhite sage is being commonly used for purification rituals.Stevica Mrdja / EyeEm via Getty Images

White sage, which is sacred to a number of Native American tribes in the southwest United States, has been adopted by both some contemporary Pagans and New Age practitioners for purification rites. As Emily McFarlan Miller reported in a recent Religion...

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