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Indigenous Family Surviving Covid-19
Like many Native families Nicole Willis and her family did everything they could to keep the coronavirus at bay. She's Chickasaw and lives in Ada, Oklahoma. The family took precautions, wearing their face coverings, ordering groceries and picking them up at curbside and they kept their distance from other relatives Then in mid-November everyone in the family came down with COVID-19. Her husband Michael, daughter Lila who is 10 and her son, Cassius who is five were all infected. Yet, none of them had a fever. Nicole joins us today to tell us how this virus has affected her family and how she's still recovering, months after first getting sick. For two days U.S. Senators grilled Rep. Deb Haaland, D-New Mexico. She's Laguna and Jemez Pueblo and if confirmed she will be the first Native American to serve in a U.S. President's Cabinet. Aliyah Chavez is following this historic confirmation hearing and she joins us now to take a closer look at the questioning from the committee.
