Latest / Native Lights: Where Indigenous Voices Shine

Health Care Providers and the Path of Healing During Times of Pain, Continued Racial Unrest, and the Pandemic.
On this show, we find out how Native health care providers are expressing their values through their work during the Covid-19 pandemic
Samantha Nelson, a Health Unit Coordinator in Monticello who is working on a team conducting COVID-19 testing, joins Leah for the conversation.
MN Native News reporter Melissa Townsend goes in-depth with Dr. Mary Owen about her work with underrepresented medical students, and how inequities are built into systems of healthcare and beyond.
Dr. Mary Owen is a physician with the Fond du Lac tribe and is also Director of Indian and Minority Health at the…
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