historical trauma

Traditional Healers and Public Health Approaches to Fighting Poverty in North Dakota

June 28, 2016

Ashley Thornberg and Bill Thomas met with Dr. Donald Warne. The Oglala Lakota man comes from a long line of traditional healers. He’s Chair of the Department of Public health at NDSU. He studied at Stanford and Harvard, focusing much…

Historical Trauma and Grassroots Solutions

June 28, 2016

In North and South Dakota, poverty hits the Native-American population much harder than it does whites. Researchers link its chronic problems like diabetes and heart disease to the systematic breakdown of Native life. In the 400 year history of the…