Some museums resist incorporating smudging, a traditional Indigenous cleansing practice, out of fear that the smoke could damage exhibits or bother visitors. It involves participants burning sage, sweetgrass or tobacco in a shell and then blowing out the flames and wafting the smoke over themselves. But the smudging room stands prominently at the east entrance of the new Montana Heritage Center,

The second annual Confluence Learning Lab is being hosted on Saturday, Jan. 24, at the Fort Buford State Historic Site/Missouri Yellowstone Interpretive Center and State Historical Society of North Dakota. The event will take place from 1-2 p.m. A press release from the host organization said, “Join us for our January Confluence Learning Lab as we bundle up and dive into the wild world of