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The Navajo Nation just confirmed its first case of the COVID-19 delta variant. The Southern Ute Tribe in Utah says a variant strain took the life of one of its citizens. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns of a rise in COVID cases as the highly contagious virus starts to take hold.
Guests:
Capt. Matthew Clark – lead for the Vaccine Task Force Safety and Monitoring Team at the Indian Health Service
Jonathan Nez – president of the Navajo Nation
Wayne Don Cup’ig – chairman of the board for the NIMA Corporation
Break 1 music: Standing Rock (feat. Nick Ørbæk Jacobsen) (song) Uyarakq (artist) Miseraq (album)
Break 2 music: Mewasin Oma (song) Cree Confederation (artist) Kihtawasoh Wapakwani-Beautiful Flower (album)