{"id":16173,"date":"2020-06-05T08:41:28","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T12:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16173"},"modified":"2020-06-05T08:41:28","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T12:41:28","slug":"montanas-tribal-nations-preserve-covid-restrictions-to-preserve-their-cultures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16173","title":{"rendered":"Montana\u2019s Tribal Nations Preserve COVID Restrictions To Preserve Their Cultures"},"content":{"rendered":"

(By Kathleen McLaughlin for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n

As Montana plows forward with its reopening, including throwing open the doors to tourism on June 1, the outlook is starkly different for members of the state\u2019s Native American nations, which have approached the coronavirus with greater caution and stricter controls.<\/p>\n

For members of the state\u2019s far-flung tribes, who make up nearly 7% of Montana\u2019s population of roughly 1 million, protective attitudes toward elders and cultural heritage have shaped a pandemic response around defending the most vulnerable rather than prioritizing economics. Tribal leaders across the state say reservation shutdowns and stay-at-home orders will continue for now, as widespread, proactive testing for the virus on reservations gets underway.\u00a0 Continue reading article here…<\/a><\/p>\n

Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation<\/p>\n

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