Published March 25, 2016, Free Domain Picture from the MI’KMAW Spirituality website.
I always felt it is important to know what is happening in our own backyards, but in others’ backyards as well. Humanity has been struck with a pandemic called COVID–19. Since November/December of 2019, and it continues to affects us all, but not equally. Below are some links I researched, to get an idea of how the Indigenous peoples around the world are being “treated” or not treated at all…
Canada-COVID-19 vaccines and Indigenous peoplesof Canada- May 2021
https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1606941379837/1606941507767
South America-Indigenous South Americans and COVID-19-March 2021
https://www.borgenmagazine.com/indigenous-south-americans-2/
Asia-Indigenous Peoples in Asia Battle COVID-19 on Many Fronts-
https://www.culturalsurvival.org/news/indigenous-peoples-asia-battle-covid-19-many-fronts
USA-Indigenous populations: left behind in the COVID-19 response-June 2020
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31242-3/fulltext
CDC data show disproportionate COVID-19 impact in American Indian/Alaska Native populations-August 2020
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/p0819-covid-19-impact-american-indian-alaska-native.html
Australia-Protecting Indigenous Populations From Covid-19: The Australian Example-May 2021
Reference:
Muin’iskw (Jean) and Crowfeather (Dan). (March 25, 2016). MI’KMAW Spirituality. http://www.muiniskw.org/pgCulture2c.htm