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YakTriNews.com March 12, 2021 6:33 PM Ellie Nakamoto-White WALLA WALLA, Wash. A group of pilots airlifted personal protective equipment (PPE) Thursday afternoon to remote Native American tribes in Washington. Volunteers from Eastern Washington’s Disaster Airlift Response Team (DART) said they’ve been helping nearly a dozen tribes since December. “Our organization responds to emergencies by bringing needed supplies, equipment and sometimes people to areas where they’re needed,” said team lead William Herrington. DART was created in 2009 in preparation for The Big One. “In an earthquake or tsunami scenario, roads would be inaccessible to move supplies, food, medicines, things like that so that’s what we’re here for,” Herrington said. “In this pandemic, Native American tribes have had an acute shortage of those things until they had a big donor that supplied a lot of goods.” ....