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Tribes try to shield elders and their knowledge from virus

by Christine Fernando
| December 27, 2020 7:06 AM

As Monica Harvey watched, crowds flocked to a Sam's Club in northern Arizona where she works, picking shelves clean of toilet paper and canned goods. Native American seniors couldn't move fast enough, and Harvey saw their faces fall when they reached empty shelves.

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