'We're born Indian and we pass away white:' Native leaders in California fear COVID deaths are going undercounted

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COVID damaged McKinley County, where roughly 74%of the population is non-Hispanic Native American– primarily Navajo and Zuni– and access to resources is scarce.

Native American leaders across California said COVID-19 deaths have shrouded their neighborhoods, yet state figures show few American Indian individuals have died here compared with other states with considerable Native populations

Guerrero, the executive director of the Sacramento Native American Health Center, has seen nine Native American individuals die in her instant circle over the past year.

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