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from NBC News (& affiliates)
LEFT-CENTER BIAS
As South Dakota takes hands-off approach to coronavirus, Native Americans feel vulnerable
As South Dakota takes hands-off approach to coronavirus, Native Americans feel vulnerable
In the early weeks of the pandemic, the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe in South Dakota enacted drastic measures to fend off the spread of the coronavirus across its stark and sprawling prairie land. The tribe installed checkpoints in April on roadways cutting through the Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation to limit drivers without official business — part of a robust contact tracing program. "We are doing this to save our residents, their lives," tribal Chairman Harold Frazier told NPR in May, when there was just one case of Covid-19 on the reservation, where about 12,000 people reside. The efforts are in sharp contrast to how South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has overseen the pandemic in her state of nearly 885,000 residents.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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