Margaret Smith, an 85-year-old woman who delivers food to diabetic elders on the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota is the subject of a Minneapolis Star Tribune photo column.
Photographer Brian Peterson followed Smith as she made deliveries. Smith is a volunteer for the Mino-miijim (Good eating) program that promotes a Native diet to combat diabetes.
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Photography witness: Restoring native health and culture (The Minneapolis Star Tribune 1/21)
Relevant Links:
Diabetes Project / Food for Elders -
http://www.welrp.org/projectsdiabetes.html
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Photo Exhibit: Native health at White Earth
Wednesday, January 21, 2004
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