{"id":11194,"date":"2020-11-10T00:57:24","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T05:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/a-healing-room-for-native-ceremonies\/"},"modified":"2020-11-10T00:57:25","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T05:57:25","slug":"a-healing-room-for-native-ceremonies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/a-healing-room-for-native-ceremonies\/","title":{"rendered":"A Healing Room for Native ceremonies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_11194\"  data-site_id=\"63347fe36fd08b6c05de3d9e\"  data-dislike_enabled=\"false\"  data-icon_dislike_show=\"false\"  data-white_label=\"true\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/a-healing-room-for-native-ceremonies\/\"  data-item_title=\"A Healing Room for Native ceremonies\"  data-item_image=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/files\/2020\/11\/Healing-Room-300x200-1.jpg\"  data-item_date=\"2020-11-10T00:57:24-05:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.59\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nyZVPwOsbWU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/?attachment_id=21250\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21250\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21250 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/files\/2020\/11\/Healing-Room-300x200-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"503\" height=\"335\" \/><\/a>RAPID CITY \u2013 A Healing Room is now available to patients, visitors, physicians and caregivers at Monument Health\u2019s main hospital in Rapid City. It is located in the new Fifth Street entrance which opened its doors to the public last month.<\/p>\n<p>The circular room is around 250 square feet and can accommodate groups fewer than 10 people, but, during the COVID-19 pandemic, groups are recommended to limit at 7 people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe room has special HVAC capabilities meant to accommodate smudging ceremonies,\u201d said Dave Ellenbecker, Vice President of Facilities Management and Plant Operations. \u201cAdditionally, it is built with thick concrete walls to allow for special sound proofing, should a ceremony require music or drum playing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Comprising of key Monument Health leaders and members of an architecture firm, the design team consulted with Dr. Craig Howe to \u201cdevelop a room welcoming to all but would have key attributes holding special meaning to Native Americans,\u201d said Ellenbecker.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, Native American patients have requested smudging ceremonies while admitted and Monument Health\u2019s facility team would deactivate smoke alarms in patient rooms for the length of the ceremonies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHistorically, Rapid City Hospital\u2019s patient population has been comprised of nearly 30 percent Native Americans,\u201d continued Ellenbecker. \u201cOur Healing Room offers an environment built to accommodate the smudging ceremonies and also allows for more room than our typical patient room. This room is open to everyone to have a quiet moment of meditation, however, we built this room to be particularly welcoming to our Native American patients and families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A virtual tour of Monument Health\u2019s Fifth Street entrance which includes the Healing Room can be viewed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nyZVPwOsbWU\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nyZVPwOsbWU<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>(Contact Travis at <a href=\"mailto:travisldewes@gmail.com\" class=\"autohyperlink\">travisldewes@gmail.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/articles\/a-healing-room-for-native-ceremonies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Healing Room for Native ceremonies<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Native Sun News Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_11194\"  data-site_id=\"63347fe36fd08b6c05de3d9e\"  data-dislike_enabled=\"false\"  data-icon_dislike_show=\"false\"  data-white_label=\"true\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/a-healing-room-for-native-ceremonies\/\"  data-item_title=\"A Healing Room for Native ceremonies\"  data-item_image=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/files\/2020\/11\/Healing-Room-300x200-1.jpg\"  data-item_date=\"2020-11-10T00:57:24-05:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.59\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/articles\/a-healing-room-for-native-ceremonies\/\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Original Source<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_11194\"  data-site_id=\"63347fe36fd08b6c05de3d9e\"  data-dislike_enabled=\"false\"  data-icon_dislike_show=\"false\"  data-white_label=\"true\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/a-healing-room-for-native-ceremonies\/\"  data-item_title=\"A Healing Room for Native ceremonies\"  data-item_image=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/files\/2020\/11\/Healing-Room-300x200-1.jpg\"  data-item_date=\"2020-11-10T00:57:24-05:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.59\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div><p>RAPID CITY \u2013 A Healing Room is now available to patients, visitors, physicians and caregivers at Monument Health\u2019s main hospital in Rapid City. It is located in the new Fifth Street entrance which opened its doors to the public last month. The circular room is around 250 square feet and <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/a-healing-room-for-native-ceremonies\/\">Read More<\/a><br \/><img alt='' src='https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/files\/avatars\/1541\/5d01b3efac7c3-bpthumb.png' srcset='https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/files\/avatars\/1541\/5d01b3efa3bc2-bpfull.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>  Shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/membership-directory\/nativesunweekly\/profile\">Native Sun News Today<\/a>  November 10, 2020<\/p>\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_11194\"  data-site_id=\"63347fe36fd08b6c05de3d9e\"  data-dislike_enabled=\"false\"  data-icon_dislike_show=\"false\"  data-white_label=\"true\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/a-healing-room-for-native-ceremonies\/\"  data-item_title=\"A Healing Room for Native ceremonies\"  data-item_image=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/files\/2020\/11\/Healing-Room-300x200-1.jpg\"  data-item_date=\"2020-11-10T00:57:24-05:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.59\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1541,"featured_media":11195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5627],"tags":[10105,3222,6657],"class_list":["post-11194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-resource-directory-blog","tag-archive","tag-news","tag-top-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1541"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}