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Tribes mount organized responses to COVID-19, in contrast to state and federal governments

  • Written by Lisa Hardy, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Social Science Community Engagement Lab, Northern Arizona University
imageThe Native nations have fought hard to keep the pandemic out of their communities. grand river via Getty Images

As the months roll by, the pandemic continues to hit Indigenous nations hard. But this phenomenon is not new. Epidemics have been part of colonialism since settlers arrived. Health inequities tell us that illnesses have different outcomes...

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