Keeping Native Elders occupied at Bii Di Gain during Covid-19 pandemic

By Eddie Chuculate (Photos by Diane Grooms) Before the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19), residents at Bii Di Gain, an elderly housing complex for Native Americans on Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis, stayed busy with activities like shopping, bingo or having a congregational lunch at the Gatherings Café in the Minneapolis American Indian Center in Minneapolis. But when […]

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