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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
http://web.archive.org//web/20210207234904/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/04/us/coronavirus-new-mexico-gallup-navajo.html

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)

HST 580 Professional Experience/Archives course

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

Item sets

Covid 19
Arizona State University

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”: https://www.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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