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The Minnesota Indian Womens’ Resource Center recently teamed up with Hennepin County Library to host an Indigenous Comic Book Workshop in Minneapolis. Youth ages 12 and over came together to look at how Natives are portrayed in comic books and to create their own super-human heroes or villains. Reporter Melissa Townsend was at the workshop … [Read Transcript...]
Many believe addiction in Native American communities stems from the struggle to deal with generations of unaddressed trauma. Culturally specific treatment is key in helping Natives recover from drug addiction. In Minnesota right now, addiction to opioids — prescription pain killers, heroine and the like – is killing American Indians at a rate faster than … [Read Transcript...]
This week on Minnesota Native News: a new policy to curb pill shopping takes effect in I.H.S. clinics, women gather for Kwestrong [Quay Strong] at Bde Maka Ska [buh-day muh-kah-skah] and an interview with Bois Forte’s new Chairwoman. [Read Transcript...]
This week on Minnesota Native News: A traditional Ojibwe perspective on catching walleye in Lake Mille Lacs. [Read Transcript...]
