Distance learning still a struggle for Native students
By Lee Egerstrom Urban area students in younger grades are finding their way back into school classrooms while educators keep their fingers crossed that another surge in COVID-19 infections won’t push all students back into distance learning regimes. This is especially so for teachers and school administrators who have Native American students in their classes, […]
Storytelling, Health, Wellness & Partnering
By Lee Egerstrom This past summer was filled with opportunities for Native American and other young people to develop storytelling skills while focusing on various health, fitness, wellness and cultural lessons with help from a variety of partnering organizations. One prominent program was the 2019 TV Broadcast Camp for diverse ThreeSixtyJournalism program students at the […]
U’s medical school in Duluth welcomes record number of Native students
By Dan Gunderson/MPR News When Jennie Murillo was in high school, she remembers going to her local Indian Health Service clinic in southeast Idaho for regular checkups and mostly seeing older, white male physicians. One day, though, she was seen by a Native American woman. “I was so taken aback by that,” said Murillo, 24, a member of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and an […]
For Native students in Morris, finding ways to excel in a place of trauma
By Tom Weber/MPR News For most college students, walking across campus is an afterthought – a means to an end. That’s harder to do when the very campus you’re on is a reminder of a dark past in the nation’s history. The University of Minnesota Morris is located on land that was once an Indian […]