Alfred Walking Bull and Melissa Olson welcome Anthony Stately, Ph.D. (Ojibwe / Oneida) & CEO of Native American Community Clinic, Kari Rabie, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Native American Community Clinic, and Angela Erdrich, MD (Ojibwe) Pediatrician with the Indian Health Board of Minneapolis to discuss how two Native American clinics are responded to the needs of Minneapolis’s urban Native American communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
All My Relations Arts & KFAI host an artist panel – Art, Impact, and Isolation – moderated by All My Relations Director Angela Two Stars with artists Chholing Taha, and Hillary Kempenich.
Robert Pilot hosts an on-air Open House for Dream of Wild Health!
Guests: Neely Snyder, Hope Flanagan, Phoebe Young, Jessika Greendeer, and Kateri Tuttle. If you wanted to learn more about what’s going on in the world of Indigenous Food Sovereignty, visit Dream Of Wild Health
Melissa Olson speaks with Mike Goze (CEO, American Indian Development Corporation), Capt. Brooke Blakely (Metro Transit Police Homeless Action Team) and Max Nesterak (Minnesota Reformer) regarding critical housing and transportation issues in the Twin Cities Urban Indian population.
Jamie Edwards facilitates a virtual open house for the American Indian Center, highlighting the people and the programs that make up the organization.
Guests:
Mary LaGarde, Executive Director
Laura Newton, ICWA Program Director
Charlene Day-Castro, ICWA Supervisor
Cheryl Secola, CLAN Program Director
Summer Lara, CLAN Internship Coordinator
Val LaFave, WIOA Employment Counselor
Yeeleng Vue, Ginew/Golden Eagle TFC Coordinator
Colette Lawrence, FAN Program Director
Ben Shendo, Gatherings Café Chef/Manager
Brian Yazzie, Chef assisting Café during COVID-19 response
Miko Sampson, Hoop Dancer
Robert Pilot hosts an on-air open house discussing the Wakan Tipi – Lower Phalen Creek Project
Guests:
– Maggie Lorenz, Executive Director & Wakan Tipi Center Director
– Mishaila Bowman, Communications & Outreach Coordinator of Wakan Tipi Center
– Patrice Kunesh, Board member, Wakan Tipi – Lower Phalen Creek Project
Alfred and Melissa turn to set of issues prescient for the urban American Indian community in the East Phillips neighborhood and 28th and Minnehaha homeless encampment.
Guests:
– Karen Clark, former State Representative (DFL-62A) and Executive Director of the Womens Environmental Institute
– Rory Wakemup, Artist/activist
– Jolene Jones, NACDI.
– Max Nesterak, Minnesota Reformer
Melissa Olson and Alfred Walking Bull discuss Census Mobilization in American Indian Communities across the state with guests:
– Jeff Matson, Center for Urban & Regional Affairs (CURA)
– Alisha Gehlert, Director of Economic Development and Planning for Red Lake Nation
– Jolene Jones, Native American Community Development Institute (NACDI)
– Andrew Virden, Director of Census Operations and Engagement in the Minnesota State Demographic Center
