The practice of burning sacred herbs for ceremony has also raised issues about the religious freedom of Native Americans.

Other examples of sacred herbs include yarrow, and mugwort.

Then the smoke of sacred herbs had aided him.

Traditional practices of some tribes include the use of sacred herbs such as tobacco, sweetgrass or sage.

"We are privileged to have them share their sacred herb with us."

Yerba santa means "sacred herb" in the Spanish language.

The women, scores of them, had danced in the grove - drinking, laughing, chewing the sacred herbs that brought visions, bright colourful dreams.

Tobacco was often smoked, generally for ceremonial purposes, though other mixtures of sacred herbs were also common.

So he had to go to the western lands, to find the sacred herb to cleanse them.

"And this lonely stash can to fill with the sacred herb," Kona said.