Navajo Times
Monday, December 15, 2025

Author: Krista Allen

Virus strikes at rally: Chilchinbeto church gathering may be source of outbreak

Dozens of people from at least seven Western Navajo chapters — Cameron, Chilchinbeto, Coppermine, Kaibeto, LeChee, Tonalea-Red Lake and Navajo Mountain — and from other places were at that rally, according to a number of people familiar with the gathering, who were all interviewed by the Navajo Times on Friday, Saturday, Monday and on Wednesday morning.

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COVID comes to Cameron

“We are requiring the public not to engage in holding any type of gatherings whether it be birthday parties, church gatherings, sweats,” Keetso said, adding in Diné Bizaad that the coronavirus has impacted Diné Bikéyah, presenting an unprecedented challenge.

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Western Agency events canceled in wake of outbreak

“According to Navajos, (Doo Yit’įįnii Naałniih Ch’osh) is an intelligent being,” Falun Gong Practitioner Larrison Manygoats, a traditional Diné from Coalmine Canyon, Arizona, said in an interview with the Navajo Times. “It’s a living being that embeds into your lungs. The (traditional) story–– people have to self-quarantine themselves in order to survive the pandemic.”

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