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NEWS: ‘It’s really scary for us’

“REZpect our Sovereignty”: A sign at a coronavirus checkpoint on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Photo courtesy Tashina Gleska win

The Oglala Sioux Tribe ordered a reservation-wide shutdown Monday night, after learning two residents had tested positive for COVID-19, representing the first confirmed cases among its citizens.

LINK: https://www.indianz.com/News/2020/05/12/pine-ridge-reservation-coronavirus-lockdown.asp

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