Navajo Student And Journalist Shines Light On Elders During Pandemic

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Navajo Student And Journalist Shines Light On Elders During Pandemic

91暗网 | By Megan Kamerick

Published August 20, 2020 at 9:53 PM MDT

Searchlight New Mexico reporter Sunnie R. Clahchischiligi interviews an elderly Navajo woman about hunger on the Navajo Nation.

University Showcase, Friday 8/21 8a: COVID-19 has had a huge impact on the Navajo Nation, which only this week began a cautious re-opening. Not long ago, the vast reservation had one of the highest infection rates per capita in the United States.

is journalist with Searchlight New Mexico and a graduate student at the University of New Mexico, and she wanted to find out how Navajo elders were faring in the pandemic. What she discovered for her article was hunger and neglect, but also profound strength and resiliency.

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- NBC
re-opening - Navajo Times

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Navajo Student And Journalist Shines Light On Elders During Pandemic

- CNBC

- NBC

re-opening - Navajo Times