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Inside Native America, during the pandemic
Updated 05:30, 23-Mar-2021
Toby Muse
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CGTN traveled to the Cheyenne River Sioux Native American reservation in South Dakota where tribal authorities are battling the coronavirus.

Native Americans have been hit hard by Covid-19. They’ve been twice as likely to die of the virus compared to white Americans.

The virus has triggered a cultural crisis, targeting some of the last speakers of the Native American languages – the elders.

But the reservation is fighting back to save their languages and keep people safe.

They're also vaccinating people at a quicker pace than the rest of the United States.

Watch the series on CGTN beginning March 22. 

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