Fighting the Monster: How Diné College Led the Navajo Nation's Response to COVID-19

Autor/inn/en	Hakim, Shazia T.; de Soto, J. Angel; Joe, George; Dotson, Bernie
Titel	Fighting the Monster: How Diné College Led the Navajo Nation's Response to COVID-19
Quelle	In: Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 32 (2021) 4 PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1052-5505
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; Reservation American Indians; Navajo (Nation); Tribally Controlled Education; American Indian Education; At Risk Persons; Intervention; School Closing; Online Courses; Student Needs; College Role; Minority Serving Institutions; Arizona + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Risikogruppe; School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Online course; Online-Kurs
Abstract	"Dikos Nitsaaígíí-19" or COVID-19 has threatened the lives of people of color and Indigenous communities at a higher rate. Across the Navajo reservation, these emergencies have motivated Diné communities to step up and help their people as quickly as possible by distributing care packages to families; providing computers, laptops, free internet access, and food packages; or contributing through research, science, and contact tracing efforts. As this article demonstrates, Diné College was among the first institutions of higher education nationwide to implement a comprehensive approach in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Major universities soon afterwards used Diné College as a model on steps to take. Moreover, Diné College medical scientists were at the forefront of medical research to study and understand the pathophysiology of COVID-19 and why Native peoples are especially prone to the disease. They also investigated the best methodologies of treatment. Indigenous and other minority medical scientists and clinicians quietly led the fight against COVID-19, as Indigenous administrators set the example on how to respond to the pandemic. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education. P.O. Box 720, Mancos, CO 81328. Tel: 888-899-6693; Fax: 970-533-9145; Web site: http://www.tribalcollegejournal.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01