First Nation COVID-19

• Nova Scotia’s Eskasoni First Nation closes schools as COVID-19 cases spike

  The Eskasoni First Nation has seen a recent spike in COVID-19 cases, and will close all schools until next month in an attempt to slow the spread.

  Canada

  Mar 31, 2022
  
• ‘The value of your elders’: First Nation using youth to spread COVID-19 message

  Messaging is being delivered in schools on Stoney Nakoda First Nation, to get young people onside over fear of harming their grandparents.

  Features

  Dec 28, 2020
  
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• Tsuut’ina Nation closes schools, offices following COVID-19 exposure

  The First Nation shut down schools after a recent community gathering exposed members of the nation to the novel coronavirus.

  Canada

  Oct 6, 2020
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• How decolonizing public health has helped Indigenous communities control COVID-19

  Experts credit the decolonization of public health policies for the low number of COVID-19 cases on reserve during the pandemic's first wave.

  Sep 21, 2020
• Northern Alberta community confirms province’s first known COVID-19 case on a First Nation

  A confirmed case of COVID-19 in northern Alberta is believed to be the province's first known case on a First Nation.

  Health

  Apr 22, 2020