Thousands of Navajo Nation Homes Without Plumbing Amid Virus

CHURCH ROCK, N.M. (AP) — Seventy- six-year-old Louise Johnson made a plea for help in her cellphone voicemail message.

“My name is Louise Johnson. I live in the Superman Canyon (area). I need food and woods.”

Earlier this year, when the pandemic hit the Navajo Nation, she found herself unable to leave her home to go to town for groceries and other essentials for fear of being exposed to COVID-19.

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