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 | Jun 10, 2020
TreeSisters founder Clare Dubois implores listeners to “let the righteous rage have its way with us.” This is not a time for business as usual. In this powerful extended video panel, Jo Overton opens the conversation with this beautiful prayer by...
by Protect Native Elders | Jun 2, 2020
Jo Overton provides historical context for the substandard healthcare systems used by Native Americans— and thus why it is that Doctors Without Borders, traditionally focused on developing nations, was dispatched to the Navajo Nation. Listen here. “According to...
by Protect Native Elders | May 26, 2020
PNE co-founder, Tyrone Whitehorse, was heard on NPR stations in over 300 cities via On Point Radio. Because Tyrone is a Diné man with a degree in public health, his background primed him to be on alert to the risk of COVID-19 long before federal or tribal governments...
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...
