How Tribal Communities Help Reduce the Risks of Commercial Tobacco Use and COVID-19

Native Lights: Where Indigenous Voices Shine · Jun 17, 2020 · 29m

Host Leah Lemm explores how Indian Country in MN is responding and adapting to the current pandemic health crisis.

Lung disease, cancer, and now complications due to COVID19 are a few of the many dangers that smoking cigarettes or using commercial tobacco causes. Today’s show looks at how Indian Country is helping our communities reduce commercial tobacco use.

Leah talks with Mille Lacs Band member Bobby Eagle, who is a cultural advisor for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Health and Human Services Department at Four Winds treatment center. And she talks with Madge Ducheneaux, who works at the…