Indigenously Index

[September 18, 2020]

Total years since the passage of the Violence Against Women Act, now in limbo: 26

Percentage of increased domestic violence cases since the pandemic (early data): 1.8%

Average resting heartbeat per minute of the Native cop propositioned by AK Lt. Gov: 53

Total spike in heartbeats per minute when the Lt. Gov drew her to his hotel room: 115 

Number of people Pfizer seeks for Covid-19 vaccine trial, including Navajo citizens: 44K

Number of Bureau of Indian Education schools on the Navajo Nation: 32

Total weeks a last-minute distance learning model will be in effect at the schools: 9

Estimated months educators say of a backlog to buy laptops and tablets: 3

Percentage of tribal college students polled who say they were food insecure: 69%

Amount tribal college advocates are lobbying Congress for annual funding: $40M

Exact years the late-educator David Gipp (Standing Rock) led tribal college, UTTC: 43

Total days a Lummi man lay unresponsive in the Nisqually tribal jail, before dying: 3

Number of days Pueblo repatriators mourned the return  ancestral remains: 4

Approximate minutes behind Crow tribal chairman’s Trump endorsement speech: 4

Number of advocates who sent a letter asking Interior to slow Chaco drilling plans: 51

Estimated mileage behind a x-country roller skate fundraiser for Navajo virus aid: 2000