By Nora Mabie, April 9, 2020, Great Falls Tribune
When the first cases of coronavirus appeared in Montana, Jolene Barrientes quit her job.
A member of the Blackfeet Nation, Jolene had been working at Big Sky Foods since she moved to Cut Bank in January, but she couldn’t risk exposure to the virus.
Her husband, Joseph, was shot when he was 15 years old. Now, at 37, he has one functioning lung and no spleen. Jolene said he nearly died two years ago when he contracted the flu, so she fears coronavirus could kill him.
“Our reservation is very, very fragile,” Falcon said. “And Native people are close knit, so we take care of each other. With employees and tourists coming (here), that virus will touch one of us and spread like a grass fire in our community.”
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