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The article doesn't really go into why the reservations were worse hit than other US areas. They are "sovereign" "nations" so surely they have some autonomy to set their own lockdown, travel policies, and other responses to the pandemic. Did they have even worse governance than the US generally? Or dense living conditions? Or particularly vulnerable age profiles? I get that they're not generally wealthy, but probably…
The article doesn't really go into why the reservations were worse hit than other US areas. They are "sovereign" "nations" so surely they have some autonomy to set their own lockdown, travel policies, and other responses to the pandemic. Did they have even worse governance than the US generally? Or dense living conditions? Or particularly vulnerable age profiles? I get that they're not generally wealthy, but probably…
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Reservations are prisoner of war camps from the 19th century that persist to this day. It is more illuminating to compare them to other similarly situated people around the world in terms of their social services and freedom to develop self governance
It's more complicated than that, at least now. Having land, even crummy land away from the ancestral homeland, is better than not having land, because: a) you can afford to live there, as an extremely economically disadvantaged group. b) your tribe is in one place, instead of scattered, which makes it possible to continue to have a group identity and c) you have at least limited autonomy. I know people in tribes that…
B) It is good to be with your folks, I agree, even when forced into captivity together
C) their autonomy is violated essentially at whim by the fed, state, and local governments since the reservation system was created. You can see this happening now with Gov Noam in South Dakota and the Lakota
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Some tribes (Navajo Nation included) are still receiving direct health care. There's a huge hospital in Gallup, NM, as well as another in Shiprock. Health care is supplied by the federal Indian Health Services (of HHS). In no way should this be construed as "far below" most US Standards. Other tribes have opted out of direct health care preferring to receive Title 638 funds to administer for their health care. These…
The Navajo Nation is the largest and most populous tribe by far, but it still wouldn't be one of the 100 most populous cities in America. That said, I've only been on reservations in the Midwest. Other tribes may not face the same terrible conditions.
Yes, they're all different; laws, customs, landscape, tribal government, etc; more than most people might imagine.
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https://nutrition.bmj.com/content/early/2020/05/15/bmjnph-20... "There is no strong scientific evidence to show that very high intakes (ie, mega supplements) of vitamin D will be beneficial in preventing or treating COVID-19."
I'm not sure how you managed to pull that quote out without reading the sentence immediately before it, saying that you should take a supplement during this indoor lockdown.
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I couldn't find any reference to recent white power marches in Farmington NM. https://www.daily-times.com/news/ Do you have any references to that that isn't a clipping from a FB post? I'd be genuinely interested.
This was from just last year: https://metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2019/08/21/without...
Farmington does have a long and troubled history with Native Americans in the area. The murder of three Navajos in 1974 in particular casts a long shadow. https://www.abqjournal.com/8784/620am-victims-families-prote...
The casino had a very limited reopen with a lot of social distancing rules, but not a whole lot of enthusiasm from workers since most make more on unemployment than working. Basically, opened for the fishing crowd.
I would imagine the two main causes are housing and IHS. Let's face it Indian Health Service is not that good and actively a problem under the best of circumstances. A politician who actually believes in government provided health care could go a long ways to proving it by making IHS work. Search for "don't get sick after June" for a documentary on the subject. They did two very credible attempts to kill a couple of family members and misdiagnosing AIDS without waiting for test results didn't help my friends marriage one bit. I do admit to still being a might bit bitter over having to have three operations to fix a botched root canal.
The second is housing. Housing is scarce on many reservations which means large family groupings. Now, I understand some visitors from DC think its great that families live together like "the old days", but its not great, or cultural, and it sucks. Overcrowding isn't fun and not having access to the normal (e.g. mortgage from bank) with going through the tribe or a special program is really an issue. A former college president lived in his parents basement until he and his wife could afford to buy a house outright (well, a mobile that they moved). Its gotten better in recent years (better federal program), but large crowded houses get infected fairly fast.
The National Guard has been doing mass testing in ND and did do one on the reservation. It looked well organized and they were pushing a lot of people through. I was told later (we had the window blinds to the parking lot closed to avoid any privacy violations) that they had no positives.
I do wonder about the statistical differences between reservations and versus the general population. I am not always confident on the reported statistics.
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I couldn't find any reference to recent white power marches in Farmington NM. https://www.daily-times.com/news/ Do you have any references to that that isn't a clipping from a FB post? I'd be genuinely interested.
Well, there was this from five days ago: https://www.krqe.com/health/coronavirus-new-mexico/man-carry... This was from just last year: https://metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2019/08/21/without... Farmington does have a long and troubled history with Native Americans in the area. The murder of three Navajos in 1974 in particular casts a long shadow. https://www.abqjournal.com/8784/620am-victims-families-prote...
"A protest in Farmington organized to support local businesses has sparked outrage after a protester turned a New Mexico flag into a symbol that represents hate.
One of the organizers says this was all put on to support the small businesses in their area, as San Juan County remains on tight restrictions because of the high number of COVID cases in the county. “If the big box stores can open, and they were open 100 percent right away. Why can’t all businesses open safely? That’s kind of how it started, was just to help our local businesses, at least open a tiny bit,” said Shannon Carter.
Carter, family members, and friends who own small businesses organized the protest. She says several hundred people showed up and it was a good, peaceful protest.
San Juan County Sheriff Shane Ferrari was also there, taking pictures with attendees, however, he has said it was simply to keep the peace. But it was a man holding the New Mexico flag turned into a swastika, that’s been raising eyebrows. The sign says, “what’s next concentration camps?”"
So, apparently not a white supremacist march but an anti-lockdown march whereby some asshole decided to compare the lockdown to Nazi contentration camps. This would be why it didn't turn up in my searches.
edit: probably the original image for reference: https://www.krqe.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/05/far...
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> About 1/3 of the hospitalizations were First Nations women. Huh? That doesn't sound right.... and indeed looking at your source it isn't... but in some sense it looks like it might actually be worse than that > Indigenous people accounted for 27.8% of all hospital admissions reported to PHAC during the first wave, but only 6.1% of hospital admissions during the second wave (Helferty et al., 2010). Less than a third…
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/ottawa-sends-body-ba...
How is this relevant? All it talks about is the government sending body bags with nothing related to infection/hospitalization/death rates.
