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September 19, 2020 / Last updated : September 19, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

To Limit COVID-19, Navajo Leader Says: ‘Listen To Your Public Health Professionals’ (NPR)

NPR: To Limit COVID-19, Navajo Leader Says: ‘Listen To Your Public Health Professionals’. “Earlier this year, the Navajo Nation Reservation was a major hot spot for coronavirus cases. Now, it’s seen a day without a single positive case. It’s a turning point in its battle against the virus. Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez attributes that […]

June 24, 2020 / Last updated : June 24, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Northern Arizona University: Navajo Housing Authority, NAU develop interactive web app showing Wi-Fi locations on the Navajo Nation

Northern Arizona University: Navajo Housing Authority, NAU develop interactive web app showing Wi-Fi locations on the Navajo Nation. “Most of the Wi-Fi hotspot access points are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, but times vary depending on Navajo Nation curfew hours. Points can be accessed from any mobile device including laptops […]

June 23, 2020 / Last updated : June 23, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Arizona State University: Native nations are fighting COVID-19 on many levels

Arizona State University: Native nations are fighting COVID-19 on many levels. “COVID-19 has exacerbated infrastructure vulnerabilities in Indian Country and has brought attention to myriad issues that advocacy hasn’t been able to, experts say. Even though the Navajo Nation’s highest per capita coronavirus infection rate has been getting the lion’s share of attention in the […]

May 26, 2020 / Last updated : May 26, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

AZ Central: Navajo Nation president says the ‘curve is flattening’ with COVID-19 cases

AZ Central: Navajo Nation president says the ‘curve is flattening’ with COVID-19 cases. “As of Monday, the Navajo Nation had 4,794 cases of COVID-19 and the number of deaths associated with the disease reached 157. Nearly 1,500 people have recovered from the virus, according to updated numbers from the Navajo Department of Health.”

May 26, 2020 / Last updated : May 26, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Stars and Stripes: South Korea to provide 10,000 face masks to help Navajo veterans fight coronavirus

Stars and Stripes: South Korea to provide 10,000 face masks to help Navajo veterans fight coronavirus. “South Korea will provide 10,000 masks and hand sanitizer to help Navajo veterans of the 1950-53 Korean War fight the coronavirus, the government said [May 18]. It was the latest in a series of humanitarian shipments from South Korea […]

May 23, 2020 / Last updated : May 23, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

ProPublica: The Feds Gave a Former White House Official $3 Million to Supply Masks to Navajo Hospitals. Some May Not Work.

ProPublica: The Feds Gave a Former White House Official $3 Million to Supply Masks to Navajo Hospitals. Some May Not Work.. “A former White House aide won a $3 million federal contract to supply respirator masks to Navajo Nation hospitals in New Mexico and Arizona 11 days after he created a company to sell personal […]

May 14, 2020 / Last updated : May 14, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

CBS News: Doctors Without Borders dispatches team to the Navajo Nation

CBS News: Doctors Without Borders dispatches team to the Navajo Nation. “Jean Stowell, head of the organization’s U.S. COVID-19 Response Team, told CBS News that Doctors Without Borders has dispatched a team of nine to the hard-hit Navajo Nation in the southwest U.S. because of the crisis unfolding there. The team consists of two physicians, […]

May 5, 2020 / Last updated : May 5, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

‘The favour is returned’: 173 years on, Irish donors thank Native Americans (RTE)

RTE: ‘The favour is returned’: 173 years on, Irish donors thank Native Americans. “The organisers of a fundraising campaign for Native Americans hit by the coronavirus have thanked Irish donors for their support. People from Ireland have been sending money through a ‘GoFundMe’ page set up to help Navajo and Hopi families, with many of […]

April 21, 2020 / Last updated : April 21, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Native News Online: Navajo Nation Covid-19 Cases Increase By 124; 1,321 Total Cases – Death Toll At 45

Native News Online: Navajo Nation Covid-19 Cases Increase By 124; 1,321 Total Cases – Death Toll At 45. “The Navajo Nation released an update last Monday evening that show an increase of 124 new COVID-19 cases since Saturday, which brings the total to 1,321 confirmed cases. The overall number of positive cases includes cases on […]

April 19, 2020 / Last updated : April 19, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Salt Lake Tribune: Navajo Nation has a higher coronavirus testing rate than Utah and most states

Salt Lake Tribune: Navajo Nation has a higher coronavirus testing rate than Utah and most states. “The Navajo Epidemiology Center announced 1,127 confirmed cases of the disease and 44 deaths as of Saturday, and Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez has warned the peak may still be weeks away — a startling trend for a Native […]

September 15, 2019 / Last updated : September 15, 2019 ResearchBuzz Around the Search & Social Media World

AP: Virtual reality used to highlight uranium contamination

AP: Virtual reality used to highlight uranium contamination. “Activists are using virtual reality technology to focus on areas of the Navajo Nation affected by uranium contamination. The arts collective Bombshelltoe has collected 360-degree footage of Churchrock, New Mexico, to show how people and the land have changed since a 1979 uranium mill spill, Gallup Independent […]

April 2, 2019 / Last updated : April 2, 2019 ResearchBuzz New Resources

New Mexico State University: NMSU launches mobile-accessible web database of Navajo Nation rangeland plants

New Mexico State University: NMSU launches mobile-accessible web database of Navajo Nation rangeland plants. “The ‘Selected Plants of Navajo Rangelands’ website includes information about 198 Navajo rangeland plants. Plants are identified by both their English and Navajo names. They are also searchable by plant type, common name, scientific name, flower color, habitat, growing season or […]

July 8, 2018 / Last updated : July 8, 2018 ResearchBuzz Around the Search & Social Media World

Miami Herald: Oral Navajo history, culture preserved on reel-to-reel tape

Miami Herald: Oral Navajo history, culture preserved on reel-to-reel tape . “About five decades have passed since Etsitty Bedonie talked about the ‘Beginning of the Enemies.’ His account about the enemies of the Navajo, as he heard it from his grandfather, was recorded with a reel-to-reel magnetic tape recorder, most likely, at Bedonie’s home in […]

December 27, 2016 / Last updated : December 27, 2016 ResearchBuzz Around the Search & Social Media World

Archivists Hope to Digitize and Preserve Tapes of Navajo Oral History

Big thanks to Jessica G for the pointer to this one! Archivists hope to receive funding to preserve tapes of Navajo oral histories. “Misplaced for years, only to be discovered sitting in a jail cell, their backups destroyed in a fire, their entire contents never cataloged, the tapes must be preserved so that generations to […]

June 18, 2016 / Last updated : June 18, 2016 ResearchBuzz New Resources

Nevada State Museum Creates Navajo Art Catalogue

The Nevada State Museum has created an online archive of Navajo and southwestern art. “The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded the Nevada State Museum a grant to rehouse, inventory, digitize, and publish the Museum’s Native American textiles and Southwestern ceramics. Digitized images of these artifacts are now accessible to the public for […]

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