The Navajo Nation is being disproportionately hit by the coronavirus. But rez golf offers a little comfort.
. It has enlisted the help of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. In hopes of keeping the contagion down, it’s shuttered chapter houses, the headquarters of local community governments. Schools have been closed for weeks. Rodeos, a marathon, and bingo games were canceled. It imposed a curfew for the upcoming Easter weekend.
But their sovereignty goes only so far. It’s limited by a mishmash of historic treaties, federal court actions, and overriding national policies. And now the federal government, which is largely responsible for health care on the Navajo Nation, is slow in delivering necessary funds to deal with the pandemic.
with Bureau of Indian Affairs and U.S. Treasury Department officials that he’s getting texts that indicate people are dying of the coronavirus but it is not “attributed” to the virus.nonprofits and grassroots groups are taking action
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