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AOC wants coronavirus ‘reparations’ for minority communities
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 32 Comments • 4 Likes • 4 years ago
WASHINGTON — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has called for coronavirus reparations for minorities, claiming higher numbers of COVID-19 fatalities in low-income communities stems from underlying inequality. “COVID deaths are disproportionately spiking in Black + Brown communities,” Ocasio-Cortez...
As Navajo Nation enforces coronavirus curfew, Arizona sends in the National Guard
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 6 Comments • 3 Likes • 4 years ago
“Equipment is sorely needed, tribal leaders say, as they brace for more cases: "We shouldn't be the last to get equipment. We are the first citizens...”
The Navajo Nation's leaders began sounding the alarm about the coronavirus in February. They broadcast radio bulletins to their tribal members, dispatched community health representatives to far-flung homes on the reservation and translated COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, into the...
Alaska's Remote Villages Are Cutting Themselves Off to Avoid Even 'One Single Case' of Coronavirus
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 4 Comments • 3 Likes • 4 years ago
With a deadly coronavirus epidemic creeping northward and the nearest hospital 230 miles away, Galen Gilbert, First Chief of Arctic Village, Alaska, knew his 200-person town could not afford to take any chances. A single case of COVID-19 could lead to the virus quickly spreading around the...
Where coronavirus could find a refuge: Native American reservations
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 2 Comments • 1 Like • 4 years ago
“Lapses in federal health policy and reliance on fractured tribal structures raise fears the virus could hide on Native American reservations long...”
The federal health agency that serves more than 2.5 million Native Americans has only limited ability to monitor and investigate coronavirus cases across American Indian communities and reservations, slowing its ability to respond to outbreaks and raising fears that a lack of reliable...
New Mexico's governor warns tribal nations could be 'wiped out' by coronavirus
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 25 Comments • 4 Likes • 4 years ago
“"I'm very worried, Mr. President," Grisham said on a call with Trump Monday.”
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham raised alarms with President Donald Trump Monday about "incredible spikes" in coronavirus cases in Navajo Nation, warning that the virus could "wipe out" some tribal nations, according to a recording of a call between Trump and the nation's governors...
Secretary Of Interior Orders Mashpee Wampanoag Reservation 'Disestablished,' Tribe Says
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 12 Comments • 2 Likes • 4 years ago
The federal Bureau of Indian Affairs told the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe on Friday that the tribe's reservation will be "disestablished" and its land taken out of trust, per an order from Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, tribe Chairman Cedric Cromwell announced in a post on the tribe's...
Small grocery store throws away $35K worth of food after woman allegedly coughs on it
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 16 Comments • 3 Likes • 4 years ago
A grocery store in northeastern Pennsylvania says it was forced to throw away over $35,000 worth of food out of concern over the coronavirus pandemic after a woman deliberately coughed over it. The co-owner of Gerrity's Supermarket, Joe Fasula, said the woman purposefully coughed on food in...
'Huge Victory' for Standing Rock Sioux Tribe as Federal Court Rules DAPL Permits Violated Law
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 41 Comments • 9 Likes • 4 years ago
“"This is what the tribe has been fighting for many months. Their fearless organizing continues to change the game."”
A federal judge handed down a major victory for the Standing Rock Sioux tribe of North Dakota on Wednesday, ruling that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violated the National Environmental Policy Act by approving federal permits for the Dakota Access Pipeline. The USACE must complete a full...
Scientists treat coronavirus COVID-19 with malaria drug and it worked
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 38 Comments • 5 Likes • 4 years ago
“A combination of drugs that include an anti-malaria drug have been used to treat COVID-19, and it was successful”
As we move forward with dealing with the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, scientists are working around the clock to look for cures and ways to treat the virus. A recent study has been published in the International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents and has discovered that a combination of a...
A Broken Trust: Sexual Assault And Justice On Tribal Lands
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 4 Comments • 1 Like • 4 years ago
“Sexual assault investigations can fall through the cracks when tribes and the federal government fail to work together.”
Twila Szymanski lowers the scope on her rifle, takes aim and hits a target in the distance. The shooting range is where she and her husband go to relax and forget the things they've been worrying about, she said. But some experiences are hard to shake. "To trust somebody you know after a...