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# Medicine Ball
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/medicine-ball/episode/medicine-ball-7dkbuc/
- Published: 2026-11-05T15:01:34.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-10T21:00:21.000Z
- Description: Through basketball, Native athletes face their campus’s boarding school legacy.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Medicine Ball, Season 2026, Episode 1, #ZZZ_Episode_74353624-fb3c-461c-a16a-490f51b8759e, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_3e2acee2-5f96-49c3-a23e-dbe40a33acfe, #geo-us, #v1.16

“Medicine Ball” follows Native college athletes Lexus Redthunder and Leroy Staples-Fairbanks IV as they navigate basketball and college life at the University of Minnesota Morris, located on a former Native boarding school site. Their journeys reveal how basketball became a source of resilience, hope, and cultural pride in Native communities.