News

HCN: “Report: Indigenous voters face racism and suppression”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

NYTs: Brenda Child on Ojibwe Art and Medicine

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “When Art Is Medicine: In Ojibwe culture, music, dance and medicine are sources of healing.“

PBS Newshour: “U.S. Native communities see COVID-19 as existential threat”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

WaPo: “Covid-19 has been brutal in Indian country — just like past epidemics were”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Another Update on South Dakota Road Closure Controversy

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

From Above the Law, “South Dakota Governor Demands White House, DOJ, Interior, And Congress Crack Down On Reservation’s COVID Roadblocks.”

Letter is here.

HCN: “COVID-19 impacts every corner of the Navajo Nation”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Popular Science: “The Great Lakes are higher than they’ve ever been, and we’re not sure what will happen next”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

NYTs Op-Ed on Navajo and COVID

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

From Wahleah Johns, “A Life on and Off the Navajo Nation: The reservation has one of the country’s highest rates of infection.”

Op-Ed on Tribal Health Checkpoints in South Dakota

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “Alexander Mallory: Tribes have full legal authority to use checkpoints to safeguard health.”

Previous post here.

Morning Ireland: “Navajo Nation thanks Ireland for Covid 19 donations”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here, featuring Navajo AG Doreen McPaul.

You can visit the Navajo donation page here nndoh.org/donate.html.

FB Page here: https://www.facebook.com/Navajo-Nation-Covid-19-Relief-Fund-105664894478899/

Original thank you video: https://www.facebook.com/105664894478899/videos/282938079772471/