The Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team is focused on understanding the dynamics of diabetes and dementia as interacting conditions among people living in tribal and rural communities. Vision: Advancing the boundaries of health equity research to create innovative interventions to support healthy aging in American Indian and Rural populations. Mission: The mission of the Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team is to support an environment of Team Science to conduct community-based participatory action research on diabetes and dementia in American Indian and rural communities with the aim of achieving health equity. Core Values: We see health and illness as holistic encompassing mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.