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Journey to Wellness
Journey to Wellness // Monday 8:00amA 10-minute bi-weekly program on Native American Community Health in MN and around the country in partnership with the University of Minnesota Medical School- Duluth Campus, Center of American Indian and Minority Health. The program will feature interviews with medical and health researchers, professors, and doctors plus native people active in Native American health today. Journey to Wellness on The North 103.3 is made possible by Ampers and the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Journey to Wellness in Indian Country: The KwePack - Running and Redefining Native Women's Health

The North 103.3 | By Chris Harwood
Published July 2, 2018 at 9:27 AM CDT
Dr. Melissa Walls

(This episode of Journey to Wellness in Indian Country originally aired in May of 2018.)

With over 150 members, the KwePack Running Group includes native women from across the region who run together, but also talk together, share, encourage and redefine the standard of health and wellness in native women's lives. 

Dr. Melissa Walls (who is also an associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Biobehavioral Health at UMD) joins us to talk about the group's successes and impact on their lives and the lives of their families and communities.
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Chris Harwood
Chris Harwood is The North 1033’s Production Director and (acting) Program Director, a morning/daytime host, and the host of Soul Village. He is also a musician, a music historian, an audio engineer, and an avid record collector.
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