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A sign shows the Gila River Hotels & Casinos Vee Quiva location closed due to the coronavirus Friday, March 20, 2020, in Laveen, Ariz. Native American tribes across the U.S. have been closing their properties, with all casinos in the Phoenix metro area closing down. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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Tribes take measures to slow spread of new coronavirus
March 21, 2020 12:39 p.m.

Tribes take measures to slow spread of new coronavirus

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Sharon Bahe has made her home on the Navajo Nation a refuge, placing cedar branches and burning sage to help purify the space and praying for protection for herself and her children home from boarding school and a toddler with severe asthma.