Ravyn Gibbs

understanding and respecting their status as a sovereign nation and and then doing that engagement i think is a really are some short-term immediate steps the folks who listen to this podcast can do what about training of health care professionals okay so like you know i'm i'm just throwing that out i i don't know but

understanding and respecting their status as a sovereign nation and and then doing that engagement i think is a really are some short-term immediate steps the folks who listen to this podcast can do what about training of health care professionals okay so like you know i'm i'm just throwing that out i i don't know but

Yeah, great question. I think for For the general community member, I think it is that individual research that you can do. You can, for example, here in Minneapolis, of course, we have a native owned bookstore. I think that's a really great place to go and pick up some resources to do that reading and education. A Google search, we mentioned Dr. Mary Owen.

Yeah, great question. I think for For the general community member, I think it is that individual research that you can do. You can, for example, here in Minneapolis, of course, we have a native owned bookstore. I think that's a really great place to go and pick up some resources to do that reading and education. A Google search, we mentioned Dr. Mary Owen.

She has given a plethora of interviews and trainings that are accessible to folks. So I think there's reading that individual research. And I think that is where it has to start. That is obviously I'm giving unique relationships to the Twin Cities area here in Minnesota.

She has given a plethora of interviews and trainings that are accessible to folks. So I think there's reading that individual research. And I think that is where it has to start. That is obviously I'm giving unique relationships to the Twin Cities area here in Minnesota.

But I think just Googling, starting with maybe even who are the tribes in your state, understanding that history and kind of snowballing from there. From a government perspective, I will say that at the states, there is the tribal-state relations training.

But I think just Googling, starting with maybe even who are the tribes in your state, understanding that history and kind of snowballing from there. From a government perspective, I will say that at the states, there is the tribal-state relations training.

And this training is available and required to be taken by certain state agency staff who work primarily with tribes and American Indian people. And that is a two-day intensive resource. So folks can understand the... the history of tribes and American Indian people in Minnesota from contact to all the way through where we are today.

And this training is available and required to be taken by certain state agency staff who work primarily with tribes and American Indian people. And that is a two-day intensive resource. So folks can understand the... the history of tribes and American Indian people in Minnesota from contact to all the way through where we are today.

And that incorporates, as I mentioned earlier, that Minnesota Statute 1065, how state agencies need to be conducting that government to government relationship, that respecting relationship and respecting the sovereign nations. I see Stanton shaking his head. Did you get a chance to do that training while you were at NIH?

And that incorporates, as I mentioned earlier, that Minnesota Statute 1065, how state agencies need to be conducting that government to government relationship, that respecting relationship and respecting the sovereign nations. I see Stanton shaking his head. Did you get a chance to do that training while you were at NIH?

Yes, and I'm actually just gonna jump in quickly to one additional, a couple of additional things, the tangible where to go to, right? A couple of things, there's the state has a Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, shorthand MIAC, M-I-A-C. If you go to their government website, there is an about section where you can read in detail this overview of all of the 11 tribes in Minnesota.

Yes, and I'm actually just gonna jump in quickly to one additional, a couple of additional things, the tangible where to go to, right? A couple of things, there's the state has a Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, shorthand MIAC, M-I-A-C. If you go to their government website, there is an about section where you can read in detail this overview of all of the 11 tribes in Minnesota.

I think that is a really great place for folks to search. There is also, I would recommend understandnativemn.org. And they have some publications and a podcast. And in essence, this was a campaign campaign. started by one of our tribes in Minnesota by Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community.

I think that is a really great place for folks to search. There is also, I would recommend understandnativemn.org. And they have some publications and a podcast. And in essence, this was a campaign campaign. started by one of our tribes in Minnesota by Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community.

They started this campaign to really try to shift the narrative of American Indian people and really focusing on that Minnesota K through 12 curriculum and education system. And from that spurred a really large investment from the University of Minnesota to offer Indigenous education for all online free courses to the public.

They started this campaign to really try to shift the narrative of American Indian people and really focusing on that Minnesota K through 12 curriculum and education system. And from that spurred a really large investment from the University of Minnesota to offer Indigenous education for all online free courses to the public.

And I believe that will be available in their press release, they say, mid 2025. And I will say there was one other book source that I know folks can't see or can't Didn't see, but Chris had shared a resource from an Ojibwe author here in Minnesota. That book title is Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask, an Ojibwe author, Dr. Anton Troyer.

And I believe that will be available in their press release, they say, mid 2025. And I will say there was one other book source that I know folks can't see or can't Didn't see, but Chris had shared a resource from an Ojibwe author here in Minnesota. That book title is Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask, an Ojibwe author, Dr. Anton Troyer.