Why Native Americans took Covid-19 seriously: ‘It’s our reality’
Coronavirus is novel to the world, but the impact on native communities is anything but a new experience
In the first few weeks of 2020, as president Donald Trump dismissed and mocked warnings about a novel virus killing people faraway in China, Native American leaders were taking the deadly threat seriously.
And they were right.
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