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The Navajo Nation, the largest reservation in the United States, has faced unique challenges that have led to a death toll higher than that of 13 different states combined.
The Navajo Nation has a per capita infection rate 10 times higher than that of neighboring Arizona and the third-highest infection rate in the country behind those of New York and New Jersey.
And that& #39;s just the numbers we know about — a report from @guardian found that Native Americans are being left out of demographic data on the impact of the coronavirus across America, raising concerns about uncovered health emergencies.
On Wednesday, the Navajo Nation, along with ten other tribes, filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury in an effort to secure their "fair share" of federal COVID-19 funding.
"Many Native communities are in rural areas where there is an extreme shortage of health care providers, the health care systems are underfunded, you have to drive a very far distance to get medical care," says @vbbjernigan.
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