As Utah’s vaccine supply increases, state officials are asking for volunteers to help ensure the capacity to administer them matches that supply. Plus, the pandemic has complicated efforts to revitalize Indigenous languages. Many programs have shut down entirely, especially in rural communities. But others are using technology to reach their students, and to bring far-flung tribal citizens into the fold. And later, a new collaboration called Wood for Life is taking logs from thinning projects on national forests and converting them into free firewood for tribes.

Show Notes:

Utah Public Radio: Utah Leaders Asking For Volunteers To Help Distribute Vaccine

https://www.upr.org/post/utah-leaders-asking-volunteers-help-distribute-vaccine

Mountain West News Bureau: Online Indigenous Language Learning Opens Doors For Far-Flung Tribal Citizens

https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/post/online-indigenous-language-learning-opens-doors-far-flung-tribal-citizens

Wood for Life Tribal Fuelwood Initiative

https://www.nationalforests.org/who-we-are/regional-offices/southernrockies/wood-for-life-tribal-fuelwood-initiative

KJZZ: Many Navajo Nation Residents Struggle To Heat Their Homes. The Pandemic Has Made it Harder

https://fronterasdesk.org/content/1658333/many-navajo-nation-residents-struggle-heat-their-homes-pandemic-has-made-it-harder?_ga=2.221406808.1945977689.1613097518-101729423.1594337169

SLATE: A Home Heating Crisis. A Devastating Forest Fire Waiting to Happen. One Innovative Solution.

https://slate.com/technology/2021/01/wood-for-life-native-elders-heat-williams-mountain-wildfire.html