New film follows Native American basketball players whose campus was a boarding school site

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A documentary out this week follows the experience of Native American basketball players at the University of Minnesota Morris.
Leya Hale, an Emmy-winning filmmaker from the Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota and Diné Nations, joined MPR News host Nina Moini to talk about the film, which is called “Medicine Ball.”
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