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Native American students graduate to make change
Branden Largent, Minnesota Daily|Aug 19, 2013
Although Jason Champagne didn’t grow up on a Native American reservation, he visited relatives on them growing up and saw nutrition was a major issue. Now, the 37-year-old University of Minnesota graduate student wants to change that. Like many Native American students in Minnesota, Champagne relied on tribal-funded scholarships to help pay for his college degree. The fall of 2009 marked the first year University students were awarded the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Endowed S...