
OpinionJuly 8, 2020
Coronavirus Is Attacking the Navajo ‘because We Have Built the Perfect Human for It to Invade’
A traditional Diné storyteller explains how disadvantage and injustice have shaped her people’s encounter with COVID-19
Sunny Dooley is one of the last traditional Diné storytellers. She lives in Chi Chil Tah, N.M., and has been telling the Diné Hozho (Blessing Way) stories for more than three decades.

Coronavirus Is Attacking the Navajo ‘because We Have Built the Perfect Human for It to Invade’
A traditional Diné storyteller explains how disadvantage and injustice have shaped her people’s encounter with COVID-19