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As Navajo communities in the US reel from the impact of COVID-19 we ask what can be done to fight back.
From: The Stream
Is COVID-19 endangering Native American culture?
20 Feb 2021
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Indigenous Navajo Nation has used 94 percent of allocated vaccines and is to receive another 29,000.
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If confirmed, Deb Haaland will serve as US interior secretary and will oversee tribal lands and national parks.
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