Community wellness tied to economics

After 25 years with the Indian Health Service as a public health nutritionist, Charlene Johnson saw the connection between poverty and physical health. She now leads Plenty Doors, a Community Development Financial Institution for the Crow Nation in Montana.

A 2001 state law in Maine requires schools to teach Wabanaki history and culture. More than 20 years later, some say the law has still not been fully implemented. The College of Education at the University of Maine has stepped in with two new initiatives aimed at better preparing teachers to teach Wabanaki studies. John Bear Mitchell from the University’s Wabanaki Center leads the effort.

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