by Protect Native Elders | Oct 15, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: press@protectnativeelders.org Grassroots Group Protect Native Elders Partners with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to Distribute More than 300,000 Face Masks and More to Tribal Communities Over 50 tribal communities have received much-needed...
by Protect Native Elders | Jun 11, 2020
Philippa Thomas of the BBC World Service speaks with Protect Native Elders’ Indigenous Outreach Coordinator, Jo Overton. This extended interview is a deeper dive into the current situation, the historical context of broken treaties, and the effective,...
by Protect Native Elders | May 25, 2020
Because of its unique legal status and decades of neglect from the federal government, the Navajo Nation has often been excluded from water infrastructure projects, according to NPR. To make matters worse, groundwater in the region has been heavily contaminated by...
by Protect Native Elders | May 24, 2020
Tyrone Whitehorse, of the Navajo Nation, writes that the coronavirus is wreaking havoc on his community. Navajo Nation currently has the highest per capita COVID-19 infection rate in the United States. The reservation, which has a population of 173,000 people, has...
by Protect Native Elders | May 24, 2020
American Indians face an acute risk from COVID-19. The loss of elders is a blow to their cultures. The Spokane people have an unusual way of saying “he got sick”: in their form of the Salish language it translates literally as “he was greeted by an illness”, using the...
by Protect Native Elders | May 19, 2020
Bleu Adams, a Navajo business owner and co-founder of the volunteer group “Protect Native Elders” which is distributing relief to native communities, tells Lawrence O’Donnell the “lack of infrastructure regarding access to electricity, water and...
