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Editorial
. 2021 Aug;111(8):1465-1469.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306398.

Confronting Legacies of Structural Racism and Settler Colonialism to Understand COVID-19 Impacts on the Navajo Nation

Marc A Emerson  1 , Teresa Montoya  1
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Editorial

Confronting Legacies of Structural Racism and Settler Colonialism to Understand COVID-19 Impacts on the Navajo Nation

Marc A Emerson et al. Am J Public Health. 2021 Aug.
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A Relational Approach to Research Based on the Diné (Navajo) Concept of k’é, a Philosophy of Being That Integrates Kinship Relations, Social Responsibility, Inclusivity, Unity, Compassion, and Cyclical and Perennial Life
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