Diversity Cafe 2020-2021

Information on the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on indigenous peoples in the United States, challenges related to addressing it, and links to related articles and news coverage.

""Indigenous Impacts: How Native American communities are responding to COVID-19" takes a deep dive into the effects of the coronavirus on Native American communities and individuals, and looks at how they are battling against the pandemic and the unique problems it poses to their people." from Forum News Service

"As tribes confront some of the highest rates of COVID-19 infections and deaths in the country, they are finding strength and solutions in culture and tradition." from Indian Country Today

"Coronavirus is novel to the world, but the impact on native communities is anything but a new experience." from The Guardian

Article from Indian Country Today about the impact of the Native voting population across the country, particularly in hotly contested swing states.

What impact will a Biden-Harris administration have on Native American nations and peoples? Find out their plans on their campaign website.

"In Arizona and Wisconsin, Native turnout — which often leans liberal — made the difference in Biden’s slim but winning margin." from High Country News

"In Arizona, which has gone Republican in every presidential election but one in the past 60-odd years, Biden won by a margin of fewer than 12,000 votes, according to the latest data. Indigenous people make up nearly 6 percent of the state’s population, with eligible voters in the Navajo Nation reaching roughly 67,000 — and 60 to 90 percent of those Navajo Nation voters went for Biden, according to precinct-level data, helping push him ahead as the winner."

Article from Indian Country Today about the Native candidates on the ballot for US House this year.