“Greatest Cause for Concern”

North American Indigenous Peoples acted faster than other communities on the continent when faced with the novel coronavirus. The majority do not live on reservations, but those who do are older; they have underlying medical conditions; and supplies, including water, are in extremely short supply.

CSM Staff writers, Henry Gass and Sara Miller Llana report on the “‘incredible resilience and flexibility’” of Native populations, once again “‘being revisited by an old enemy,’”—infectious disease.

The coronavirus pandemic is threatening vulnerable Native American communities. Now, they are turning to resilience forged over generations. https://t.co/eqvXrzheuC

— The Christian Science Monitor (@csmonitor) April 30, 2020