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Native Alaskan Villages, Once Devastated by Spanish Flu, Are Taking Action Against Covid-19
25th May 2020
To keep history from repeating itself, remote Native Alaskan communities are isolating themselves even further, and working to procure tests and other supplies. SOURCE : Direct Relief, Article by Leah Campbell
Coronavirus impact on world’s indigenous, goes well beyond health threat
21st May 2020
According to the new UN independent expert on the rights of indigenous peoples, the COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating impact on the world’s indigenous peoples that stretches well beyond the immediate threat to their health. SOURCE : UN News
As COVID-19 takes off in Latin America, Amazon indigenous groups fear the worst
12th May 2020
‘There are no doctors and no health infrastructure in these communities. There is no education, no phone connections, no computers, no internet.’ SOURCE: The New Humanitarian by Paula Dupraz-Dobias
Farmers walk from N. Sumatra to Jakarta to demand Jokowi settle land dispute
6th May 2020
Hundreds of farmers have walked thousands of kilometers from their homes in Deli Serdang regency, North Sumatra, to the capital city. SOURCE: Nina A. Loasana The Jakarta Post
How indigenous people in the Amazon are coping with the coronavirus pandemic
28th Apr 2020
Growing fears that COVID-19 will wreak havoc across the Amazon. SOURCE: The Conversation by Nina Moeller and JM Pedersen
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