Making Choices to Protect One Another During the 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 reflects on the many choices people are
making to help keep each other safe.  Leah enjoys a lively
and fun conversation with college student Skylar Kuczaboski
(Leech Lake) who is a senior at Dartmouth College in New
Hampshire, although she is completing her spring semester
virtually from Minnesota. Skylar reflects on her experience as a
first-generation college student at an Ivy League school amid all
the disrupted circumstances over the last year of the pandemic,
and the choices she is making to keep her relatives safe. 


We also hear from Dr. Anton Treuer (White Earth/Leech Lake
Ojibwe), a prolific author, international speaker, historian, and
professor of Ojibwe at Bemidji State University, who shares “A
Traditional Native American Perspective on Covid Vaccines,” in a
recently released video.


Plus, we hear from Red Lake Nation’s Chairman Darrel G. Seki Sr.,
who expresses gratitude for the community’s vigilance in helping
one another stay healthy.  He cautions people not to let
their guard down and encourages everyone to consider getting
vaccinated. 


Anton Treuer’s recent video can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKjUB3MiP2Q


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