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Arizona fought restrictions amid a dire Covid surge. Navajo elder Mae Tso paid the price – The Guardian

Native Americans have been among the worst hit in the state, which had the highest number of cases and deaths in the US in recent weeks

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Just going by the statistics, the odds for Mae Tso were not good. A revered tribal elder with extensive knowledge of Navajo traditions, Tso, 83, lived in the remote village of Dinebitoh on the Navajo Nation. She was in the most vulnerable demographic of the most vulnerable population in Arizona for succumbing to Covid-19.
But Tso was determined to not get sick. She had no chronic health issues and still wandered the high desert around her home to gather…

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