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Articles written by Caleigh Findley


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  • Indigenous Erasure Places Natives in the Path of Pandemic Hardship

    Caleigh Findley|May 28, 2021

    The COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed minority communities chronically neglected by the healthcare system. The incalculable impact on Alaska Native and American Indian (AN/AI) communities exemplifies all too well the consequences of indigenous erasure on pandemic resiliency and recovery. Alaska Natives and American Indians are three and half times more likely to contract COVID-19 than White communities— and nearly twice as likely to die from their COVID infection. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) released this staggering statistic in t...

  • Indigenous Erasure Places Natives in the Path of Pandemic Hardship

    Caleigh Findley|May 19, 2021

    The COVID-19 pandemic has leveled minority communities chronically neglected by the healthcare system. The incalculable impact on Alaska Native and American Indian (AN/AI) communities exemplifies all too well the consequences of indigenous erasure on pandemic resiliency and recovery. Alaska Natives and American Indians are three and half times more likely to contract COVID-19 than White communities— and nearly twice as likely to die from their COVID infection. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) released this staggering statistic in their C...