Maria is a twenty year old born in Fargo but moved to Belcourt when she was two with her family. His mother was born and raised in Belcourt, ND, but married a man from a different tribe. This was why they moved to Fargo, ND, but when his parents became ill they moved back to take care of his parents. Maria has two sisters, one twenty-four years old and the other seventeen years old. Maria attended Belcourt Community College for a year and earned her lobotomy license. After a year at community college she decided to transfer to the University of Mary and plans to major in medical laboratory science. Her passions are reading, nail art, drawing and spending quality time with family and friends. Although Maria speaks English, it is important as a Chippewa to learn the native Ojibwa language. She is not fluent in Ojibwa but loves listening to and learning the language from her grandmother. The Ojibwa language is spoken by approximately 40,000 to 50,000 people (Roy, 2006). The Chippewa tribe, also known as the Ojibwa, was the third largest Native American group with a population of 104,000, after the Cherokee and Navajo tribes (Roy, 2006). ). Federally recognized Ojibwa reservations are located in Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Montana, and North Dakota. When I asked Maria about her cultural view of illness, she really emphasized that health is a concern for their tribe. Native American groups share concerns about poor health across the country. There are numerous cases of chemical dependency, diabetes, fetal alcohol syndromes, obesity, suicides and accidental deaths (Roy, 2006). Although today in Belcourt there is a combination of traditional and modern treatment methods, these issues are still relevant. Maria also mentioned how important it is in their culture that not only close relatives but also extended family help each other when one gets sick. Some variations mentioned in the article I found were related to religious background. Christianity was slowly adopted, but most modern Chippewa are Roman Catholic or Protestant Episcopalians. Some other variations affect older generations and young people. Most of the elders speak Ojibwa fluently, while the younger generations almost no one can speak Ojibwa let alone speak the native language fluently. Maria talked about how smudging, spiritual fire, drumming, woodworking, basket weaving, and powwows are all symbolic in their culture.