For college students in the new Tilikum Summer Health Experience program, the message from Shandee Dixon, M.S., Ph.D., (Apache) is clear: “Once you are part of this program, you become part of the NNACoE community — you have a place at Oregon Health & Science University.”

The Huwighurruk Tribal Health Postbaccalaureate Program seeks to enroll pre-med students passionate about providing health care to American Indian and Alaska Native communities in rural and urban areas.

Huwighurruk is pronounced hee-way-gou-duck. In the Wiyot language, huwighurruk means plants, grass, leaves and medicine.

Dr. Christine Athmann shares why it's important to have Ojibwe doctors and other Native Americans in the medical field.