Minnesota Native News: Legislative Update
This week on Minnesota Native News we look back at the legislative session and two proposals that will impact tribes and Native people in the state. [Read Transcript...]
Public Affairs
Minnesota Native News: Moving Forward in a Good Way
This week on Minnesota Native News we hear the latest on the line 3 oil pipeline permitting process and visit a celebration for new Native physicians. [Read Transcript...]
Minnesota Native News: A Year of Firsts
This week on Minnesota Native News; Prairie Island Indian Community vies for 40-million dollars for renewable energy projects, tribes come together to support Native health and Hopkins School District American Indian Education has a year of firsts. [Read Transcript...]
Turning the Ship Around: Two Native Physicians Talk about Improving Native Health in Minnesota
Reporter Melissa Townsend sits down with Dr. Arne Vainio and Dr. Mary Owen to talk about the rising rates of diabetes in Native communities and other issues in culturally appropriate Native healthcare. Dr. Vainio is from the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. We is a physician at the tribal clinic on the Fond du Lac … [Read Transcript...]