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04/27/2020Living through Covid-19: 04/27/2020
This is a journal entry that specifically focuses on the transition to online learning and the practice of social distancing. *anonymous *This was intentionally a journal/diary entry therefore it was done through a word doc. -
04/27/2020Rural areas, tribal lands hit hardest by census interruption
"We have historically been underrepresented in the past, and there's an unfortunate precedent to show we will be underrepresented again. This pandemic makes it all the more challenging," said Javier Sanchez, mayor of Espanola, a city of 10,000 in Rio Arriba County. "I think we are struggling like every other rural community and doing the best we can amid these problems when so much is at stake in the next 10 years." -
04/27/2020The number of visits to the electronic library in Yakutia has tripled in a pandemic (Число посещений электронной библиотеки в Якутии выросло в три раза в условиях пандемии)
"The number of visitors to electronic services of the National Library of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in March and April 2020 almost tripled compared to the same period last year, the director of the institution Sargylana Maksimova told TASS." #IndigenousStories -
04/27/2020Coronavirus Threatens Small Communities of Indigenous Peoples of the North (Коронавирус угрожает малым народам Севера)
"Grigory Ledkov, President of the Association of Indigenous Minorities of the North, Siberia and the Far East, appealed to the governor of the Khabarovsk Territory with a call to take additional measures and take special control of the situation in the Ulchi region related to coronavirus." #IndigenousStories -
04/27/2020Indigenous Peoples' Association is sounding alarm over coronavirus in Ulchi district
"Ulchi, Nani - Indigenous peoples in the Khabarovsk Territory - trying to reach the governor in an attempt to pay special attention to the situation with coronavirus. Indifference may result in the extermination of Indigenous peoples." #IndigenousStories -
04/27/2020Indigenous Russian Village Celebrates Holiday Virtually
“This year, due to restrictive measures related to the prevention of the spread of coronavirus infection, the Day of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in the Neryungri district is held online….The head of the district, Viktor Stanilovsky, chairman of the Assembly of Peoples of Yakutia Andrei Fitisov and chairmen of national communities congratulated the whole republic with a festive video clip, which is distributed in all popular social networks. On April 27, in the village of Hani, an online drawing contest ‘The Land of the Native’. Students and teachers of the local art school on a festive day became spectators of a virtual festive concert dedicated to the Republic Day ‘Shine and be glorified forever, my Yakutia!’ And the pupils of the theater and aesthetic departments take part in a media lesson on the history of the republic.” #IndigenousStories -
04/27/2020Signs From Around: #11, Bronx, NY
"Signs From Around: #11, Bronx, NY" is part of a series exploring the signage surrounding COVID-19 from different parts of the world. COVID Testing Center #FordhamUniversity #VART3030 #SignsFromAroundSeries