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Native deaths from COVID-19 are already disproportionately higher than the rest of the population. But the numbers from official sources like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are likely much higher than what is being reported. That’s the conclusion of a reporting project by a group of media organizations that make up the Indigenous Investigative Collective. The reporting finds barriers to compiling accurate information on Native Americans because of medical privacy laws and the patchwork of tribal, state and federal services Native patients rely on. We’ll discuss the project and learn how the lack of good information is hurting the response to the pandemic.
Guests:
Christine Trudeau (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation) – contributing editor at the Indigenous Affairs Desk at High Country News and managing editor for COVID-19 project with the Indigenous Investigative Collective
Dr. Kyle Whyte (Citizen Potawatomi Nation) – Professor of Environment and Sustainability and the George Willis Pack Professor in the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan
Jourdan Bennett-Begaye (Diné) – managing editor at Indian Country Today
Sunnie Clahchischiligi (Navajo Nation) – investigative reporter for Searchlight New Mexico
Break 1 music: My World (song) Elk Soldier (artist) The Elk Way (album)
Break 2 music: We Yaa Naa (song) A Navajo Woman Sings (artist) We’ll Be In Your Mountains, We’ll Be In Your Songs (album)
