As the United States begins to crack down on PFAS, Indigenous communities are being left behind. This is because many tribal water systems are too small to meet the EPA's PFAS testing parameters.
means that no one has a real sense of just how many Indigenous people died in the pandemic, even years after the crisis began.
“There’s always a fight,” Jim said. “It’s all about money and where you’re going to get the money to do the work.” In March, desperate for answers, Harper traveled to Washington, D.C., and met with the director of the Bureau of Indian Education, or BIE, Tony Dearman, who heard her concerns about finding a long-term solution for the school.
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