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Virtual Seminar: Teresa Montoya, Anthropology, University of Chicago, and Marc Emerson, Epidemiology, UNC

March 22, 2022 @ 7:45 am - 9:00 am

Confronting Legacies of Structural Racism and Settler Colonialism to Understand COVID-19 Impacts on the Navajo Nation

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Analyzing the impacts of COVID-19on the Navajo Nation offers an important case study for examining the settler colonial origins of health inequities laid bare by COVID-19. Rather than viewing these conditions solely on the basis of racial inequality, we contend that histories of settler colonialism (e.g., dispossession of indigenous lands, forced assimilation into Indian boarding schools, and the disproportionate burden of toxic exposure from resource extraction) are crucial to understanding the impact of the current COVID-19 health crisis in tribal nations today. In this commentary, we present an overview of broader social and historical factors for understanding public health disparity in Diné (Navajo) communities, the role that Diné-centered knowledge has and continues to play in efforts to confront infectious disease, and how we can imagine new approaches to indigenous-framed public health interventions.

The Cancer Outcomes Research Program Virtual Seminar Series is organized by Drs. Ethan Basch and Stephanie Wheeler. Please log into the Zoom meeting between 7:45 am and 8:00 am to help us take attendance prior to the meeting so we can start on time.

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Date:
March 22, 2022
Time:
7:45 am - 9:00 am
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Eden Gifford
Phone
919-962-5357