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Listen to the story In the waiting room of the Meskwaki Tribal Health Center, Genesis Ramirez gripped a digital timer, her legs swinging in a chair. The 17-year-old just got her second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, but she didn’t do it just to keep herself safe. The Meskwaki Health Center has been hosting COVID-19 vaccination clinics since December. It offers those who get vaccinated a free t-shirt, mask, and reusable shopping bag. Credit Natalie Krebs/Iowa Public Radio News "My family is very high risk, and I don't want to bring anything back to them where I can't help them," she sa...

IPR Rudy Papakee, the director of the Meskwaki Health Center, has been at the center of the Meskwaki Nation's COVID-19 response, coordinating testing and vaccinations and advising the tribal council on restrictions. The number of Iowans who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 is still far below what experts say is needed for herd immunity, and demand for the vaccine is decreasing. State officials say 88 of Iowa’s 99 counties have recently declined all or part of their vaccine allocation. But there’s one place in Iowa that is nearing the herd immunity threshold — the Meskwaki Nation....

Camanche Schools to Drop Indian Mascot at End of School Year Get our free mobile app On Monday evening, the Camanche school board voted to remove the school districts Indian mascot at the end of the 2020-2021 school year. According to KWQC, the school board voted 5-to-1 with one person not present to vote, to remove Indian as the mascot and nickname for the school. The removal of the Indian mascot comes after several years of recommendations from school agencies and Native American groups to address and remove the mascot. The Camanche School District has published a timeline of the use of th...

Just days after voters in the Marion Independent School District selected the new moniker, concerns have arisen over the name Mavericks.

Marion has chosen the mascot nickname that will replace the name Indians this fall.