Indigenous leaders around the country have pushed hard to vaccinate their communities, knowing that COVID has had a disproportionate effect on Native American people.
The Navajo Nation managed to tame COVID-19 earlier this year, mounting a campaign that drove its vaccination rate far above the U.S. average, after the virus ravaged the Navajo people.
Despite their successes in overcoming mistrust in the federal government and inoculating hard-to-reach communities, the Navajo and other highly vaccinated tribes find themselves experiencing yet another virus surge. In Minnesota, the White Earth Nation, where 60% of eligible members are vaccinated, recently recorded its highest-ever surge in daily cases, said Ed Snetsinger, the tribe’s emergency manager.
The Navajo Nation is the largest U.S. tribe, with an official enrollment of nearly 400,000 members as of May.
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