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Navajo Nation

Health

A Broken System: The Number of Indigenous People Who Died from Coronavirus May Never Be Known

From medical health privacy laws to a maze of siloed information systems, the true impact of COVID-19 on American Indian and Alaska Natives is impossible to calculate.

Jourdan Bennett-Begaye, Sunnie Clahchischiligi, Christine Trudeau High Country News, Indian Country Today, National Native News, Searchlight New Mexico Jun 2021 Permalink

Business

Chinese Dreams on Native American Land

A tale of cannabis boom and bust.

Jessica Lussenhop, Zhaoyin Feng BBC News May 2021 30min Permalink

Crime

Stolen and Erased

A Navajo girl was exploited and sex trafficked in urban and rural New Mexico. Why did so many fail to help her?

Nick Pachelli Searchlight New Mexico Dec 2019 20min Permalink

Crime

The Delay

After an 11-year-old Navajo girl was kidnapped, her family and friends sprang into action to find her. Why did it take so long for law enforcement to join them?

Rachel Monroe Esquire Apr 2018 20min Permalink

Science

How the Gold King Mine Spill Threatens the Navajo Nation

Last August, contaminated water escaped from an abandoned mine in Colorado and traveled down the Animas River to Shiprock, the second-largest city in the Navajo Nation. Two weeks later, the EPA declared the sludge-filled river safe.

Robert Sanchez 5820 Feb 2016 20min Permalink