Welcome
Mindimooyenh “the one that holds it all together”
Mindimooyenh is about connection. This website is intended to help connect tribal based professionals with resources and each other in supporting tribal member’s healthcare needs. Such professionals include tribal elder advocates, tribal regional specialists, navigators, social workers, and spiritual advisors, and others with a vested interest in supporting these needs.
About this Site
This website is an outgrowth of ongoing work to connect tribal based professionals dedicated to bridging the gaps through working in service driven, community partnerships, and faith-based organizations. It has been several years in the making, and just one part of our work. We chose mindimooyenh as the name for the site because of the wonderful, layered meanings associated with the word.
The primary focus of our work and this site is to connect people with resources that will allow them to live in their own home or other setting as independently as possible. In particular, we focus on helping people obtain appropriate assistive technology and durable medical equipment that will allow them to…
MA and Waivers
A significant reason for this website is to help address questions we frequently hear regarding how to obtain health and wellness services for Tribal Members in Minnesota. Medical Assistance (MA) and Waivers can play a major role, and we address these specially:
- Medical Assistance: Medical Assistance (MA) is Minnesota’s Medicaid program for people with low income. Most people who have MA get health care through health plans. You can choose a health plan from those serving MA members in your county.
- Waivers: Waivers allow people with disabilities to live in their own homes rather than an institution (like a nursing home or hospital). They do this by providing services needed to support people in their homes, their workplaces, and in their communities.
Announcements, FAQs, Contact
To help connect the professional who this website serves, we are starting with the following and will add more as we progress:
- Announcements: These are events that we will host or participate in that help connect the professionals serving the health and wellness needs of Tribal members in Minnesota.
- Frequently Asked Questions: This will be a summary to the questions that we frequently hear along with answers relating specifically to professionals serving the health and wellness needs of Tribal members in Minnesota.
- Contact Us: If you have questions relating to anything you see on this website, especially with regard to obtaining health and wellness services, please contact us.