Item
New Mexico Invokes Riot Law to Control Virus Near Navajo Nation
Title (Dublin Core)
New Mexico Invokes Riot Law to Control Virus Near Navajo Nation
Description (Dublin Core)
This article discusses the use of a rarely used Riot Law Act to help diminish the tension between the Navajo reservation and the small towns bordering the reservation in Gallup, New Mexico. The upsurge in cases on the reservation resulted in accusations that the Navajo brought the virus into Gallup and its suburbs. The tribe has fired back that Gallup citizens are refusing to follow social distancing mandates and as a result, Gallup has one of the highest case rates in the nation. This report relates to the JOTPY archive as it an example of the friction COVID-19 has created between the local government and tribal reservations.
Date (Dublin Core)
May 4, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Simon Romero
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Robin Keagle
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HST580
Partner (Dublin Core)
Arizona State University
Type (Dublin Core)
website article
Link (Bibliographic Ontology)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/04/us/coronavirus-new-mexico-gallup-navajo.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Conflict
English
Crime
English
Cities & Suburbs
English
Social Distance
English
Government Local
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
New Mexico
Gallup
Navajo
Indigenous
tribe
riot
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
Navajo Nation
Gallup
distance
Indigenous
riot law
accusation
infection rate
Collection (Dublin Core)
New Mexico Narratives
Indigenous POV
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
02/07/2021
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
02/18/2021
02/19/2021
06/25/2021
08/02/2022
09/12/2024
Date Created (Dublin Core)
05/04/2020
This item was submitted on February 7, 2021 by Robin Keagle using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://mail.covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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