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 April 10, 2020 / Modified aug 19, 2021 5:21 p.m.

How Arizona’s tribal nations are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic

A discussion with AZPM Indigenous affairs reporter Emma Gibson.
by Kassandra Lau

Like state and local governments, the leaders of Arizona’s 22 federally recognized tribes are also tasked with issuing their own measures to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. In Southern Arizona, the Pasqua Yaqui Tribe and the Tohono O’odham Nation have declared emergencies, put out stay-at-home orders and closed casinos. Arizona 360 learned more about the pandemic’s impact on the tribes from Arizona Public Media Indigenous affairs reporter Emma Gibson.

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