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In the Spirit of Medicine: in the middle of a dream (encore)

By • Jun 22, 2020

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In the Spirit of Medicine features the essays of Dr. Arne Vainio, an enrolled member of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe and a family practice doctor on the Fond Du Lac reservation in Cloquet.

This episode was originally aired May 28, 2018.


This week, the passing down of knowledge.

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