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Dr. Dakotah Lane, right, looks on as Dr. Cristina Toledo-Cornell explains possible arm soreness to James Scott after Scott received the first Covid-19 vaccination given to a Lummi Nation tribal member Thursday, December 17, 2020, on the Lummi Reservation, near Bellingham, Washington. The Native American tribe began rationing its first 300 doses of vaccine as it fights surging cases with a shelter-in-place order. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
When the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma began receiving its first doses of Covid-19 vaccines in December, tribal leaders knew exactly who would be getting the first shots.
“We put Cherokee-fluent speakers at the front of the line,” said Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. “Saving the language is in our national interest.”
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Posted on Dec 21, 2020
Citizens of the United Houma Nation have long depended on the land for food and medicine.
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Citizens of the United Houma Nation in southeastern Louisiana say that the ground is disappearing beneath their feet.
Members of this state-recognized tribe have long lived on the Gulf Coast, so their culture is intimately tied to the water and land.
“Not only were we fisherman, but our entire food came from the land. And there were traditionally few grocery stores in many of our bayous simply because everything we needed, we had right there, and that includes our medicines,” says Shanondora Billiot.