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MN Native News: Cultural Lessons for Kids at Home

 Lives are changing drastically due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many people are out of work, more and more people are holding work meetings virtually, and everyone is making major adjustments. Students are also home from school. Which means families are trying to find ways to keep the learning going. And for Native students, there are online resources that provide culturally focused learning through language and art.

Statewide Conversation on COVID19 – Kris Ehresmann, MDH

KAXE/KBXE’s Heidi Holtan hosts a weekly statewide conversation with Minnesota State Officials. It was an opportunity to ask questions about Minnesota’s response and plans concerning the COVID-19 pandemic.

This week, the Minnesota Department of Health Director, Kris Ehresmann answered questions from listeners about the pandemic

For more information on the states response to COVID-19 visit the Minnesota State’s Website.

If you’d like to ask a question, email covid@ampers.org or call 612-562-9895.

September: School, Rice and a Survey

This week on the Minnesota Native News Health Report, a reality check on a potential vaccine for Covid-19. I’m Marie Rock. This week the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told a Senate panel we won’t see a vaccine for mass distribution any time soon.

Minnesota Department of Health Begin In-Person Statewide COVID19 Survey

The CDC-supported survey is intended to better understand how COVID-19 is spreading in Minnesota and its communities, and how it is affecting people. The survey includes a questionnaire and tests for the virus and its antibodies.

Looking to Silver Linings During Times of Struggle

Minnesota Native News launched several programs in response to the pandemic in addition to this one, including Native Lights: Biidaapi, a podcast hosted by Leah Lemm and her brother Cole Premo. And in the last six months, we’ve learned so much from Native voices in MN.
Some of the voices highlighted in this show include James Vukelich (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians), Maggie Thomspon (Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa), Rafael Gonzalez – a.k.a.Tufawon – (Dakota, Boricua), Dr. Shelbie Shelder (Little River Band of Ottawa Indians), Susan Beaulieu (Red Lake Nation), and Patina Park (Mnicoujou Lakota).

Hope Flanagan Shares A Story

Today on your Covid 19 daily update we have a story from Hope Flanagan, from the Dream of Wild Health Native owned and operated agency.

In the wintertime Hope is a storyteller. She was given stories by Anishinaabe elder Ona Kingbird from Ponemah, Minnesota.

MN Native News: Mind-Body Connection Retreat

Indigenous Lotus builds community and encourages strength and healing through yoga and mind-body connection, and will be hosting a retreat in October.

Plus… a reminder to fill out and be counted in the 2020 US census.

Minnesota Department of Health Releases Guidelines for Students Who Experience Covid Symptoms

As schools reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic — be it in-person, distance or hybrid learning models — students may be asking what they should do if they feel sick.

So, recently, Minnesota health department officials released a video on what students should do if they feel sick.

Governor Walz Extends Peacetime Emergency to October 12th

The peacetime emergency gives the governor power to issue executive orders and regulate businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, without legislative approval. Walz says it gives him the ability to respond quickly to the rapidly changing COVID-19 pandemic, which is still very much a threat.

Govornor Walz Warns of Potential Tipping Point in Minnesota’s Fight Against Pandemic

At his September 3rd briefing update, Governor Tim Walz warned Minnesotans that we may be at a COVID-19 tipping point. When Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House’s coronavirus task force coordinator, visited our state at the end of August, she noted that what she’s seeing here is similar to what she saw in Arizona at the end of July.
That’s when cases in the southwestern state began to surge and hospitals and morgues quickly reached capacity.

Health Officials Conduct Compliance Checks on Dozens of Bars and Restaurants

This week on the Minnesota Native News Health Report, another special session of the legislature, bars and restaurants face scrutiny, and students return to campus with mixed results.

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