Indian Country Today

Indigenous Health First

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Indigenous Health First

They say part of being a person is helping others and that's why Ethel Branch, Navajo Nation, stepped up. In fact, none other than Bill Gates called Branch one of seven unsung heroes for leadership during the Covid crisis. She is the Founder and Interim Executive Director of Yee Ha'olnii Doo Navajo & Hopi family relief fund families COIVD-19 relief fund. In order to do COVID relief work, she took a leave of absence as a member at her law firm and her go fund me page has raised more than $ 5 million. The National Congress of American Indians is in session this week, and once again, it's a virtual conference. Lycia Maddocks, a citizen of the Quechan Tribe, joins us to give us a few highlights. She is the vice president of external affairs at NCAI.

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