Valentina Blackhorse, a mother, leader, and pageant winner from Navajo Nation died on April 23, 2020, after being diagnosed with covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus strain only a day before. She was just 28 years old and is survived by her one-year-old daughter, Poet, and her sister, Vanielle. At the time she started to experience symptoms, she was caring for her partner who had also come down with the disease. \n
that until the severity of their situation started making headlines, their needs were being largely ignored.
“We are doing our very best to flatten the curve with the very limited resources we have on the Navajo nation. The first citizens of this country were once again pushed aside by the most powerful government in the world … but now that we’re in the headlines, US citizens are finally realising the deplorable conditions our people live in. We’re fed up. This has got to end.”One of the largest uphill battles they’re currently fighting is one for running water, which about 30% of Navajo Nationhands, and being forced to ration water during a pandemic, is quite another.
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