Covid-19: Indian Health Service increases testing, funds for tribal and urban health programs
By Lee Egerstrom In a pair of announcements in late May, the Department of Health and Human Services announced it is awarding $1.25 billion to the Indian Health Service (IHS) in new funding for tribal and urban Native American hospitals, clinics and health programs fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. The initial announcement, on May 19, said […]
How to minister to a congregation amidst a pandemic? “Zoom it.”
By Lee Egerstrom The Rev. Marlene Whiterabbit Helgemo and members of the All Nations Indian Church in south Minneapolis are finding crafty, high-tech ways to stay connected and comfort one another while the COVID-19 pandemic keeps them physically apart. “We’re getting good at ‘Zooming’,” Helgemo said. “We Zoom it.” In the two-plus months since churches […]
When the bat challenged the Wiindigo
By Winona LaDuke Think of crisis as opportunity. The Chinese characters for crisis are wei ji. Danger and opportunity. That’s now. Take a breath, maybe look at the night sky and see if you can see any stars. Enjoy this moment and breathe when Mother Earth gets a breath from our closed factories. Let’s be […]