A new initiative is teaching residents on the White Earth Reservation to be change-makers in their community. Facilitator Kris Manning and participant Mykee Brown share a laugh during a class on Dec. 28 at the Circle of Life Academy.
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“I think something that sometimes gets lost in our conversations about historical trauma and loss is that it's not just the bad stuff that gets passed forward,” he said. “The good stuff gets passed forward too. We are not just the inheritors of historical trauma, we are also the inheritors of historical resiliency.” —Anton Treuer