Minnesota Now with Nina Moini

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

Two basketball players pose for a portrait
"Medicine Ball" follows Native college basketball players Lexus Redthunder and Leroy Staples Fairbanks IV as they navigate college life at the University of Minnesota Morris, located on the site of a former Native American boarding school.
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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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