Tribal Communities Moving Forward and Learning from Pandemic

Host Leah Lemm (Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe) is back exploring how
Indian Country in MN is responding and adapting to the current
pandemic health crisis.
 


On today’s show, Leah catches up with Daniel Frye (Sault Ste.
Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians), who is the Director of Indian
Health Services in the Bemidji Area, which includes Michigan,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the urban center of Chicago. 
Daniel speaks about the many ways that Indian Health Services has
risen to meet the challenges of the pandemic, including the
complex process of vaccine distribution, ongoing COVID testing,
and how things are changing now that restrictions are loosening.
 


 


Daniel and Leah discuss some of the changes the world has gone
through since the pandemic began, how it brought many lessons
both personally and professionally, and how these tools and
valuable insights can be carried into the future, to keep each
other healthy. 


 


Listen to past COVID-19 Community Conversations here:
https://minnesotanativenews.org/category/community-conversations/