Friday September 4, 2020

A group of Indigenous runners travelled through Moab this week, offering prayers and healing to Native communities. Organized through SLC Air Protectors, the Running as Medicine Indigenous Youth Prayer Run will span 360 miles from Bears Ears National Monument to Warm Springs Park in Salt Lake City. Runners say they are dedicating their practice to Indigenous communities affected by COVID-19, as well as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Today on the news, we learn more about the tradition and practice of prayer running.

Plus (7:00 min), our roundup with The Times-Independent. Editor Doug McMurdo reviews some notable coverage in their paper this week, including back to school preparations, change of county government, and an interview with Monica Camey on the loss of her husband and son.

Show Notes:
SLC Air Protectors
http://slcairprotectors.org
Running as Medicine Indigenous Youth Prayer Run
https://www.facebook.com/slcairprotectors

The Times-Independent Mentions –
Opportunity, challenges greet school year when classes begin
https://moabtimes.com/2020/09/03/opportunity-challenges-greet-school-year-when-classes-begin/
Ken’s Lake? It’s more like a puddle
https://moabtimes.com/2020/09/03/kens-lake-its-more-like-a-puddle/
Support for commission choice seems in question
https://moabtimes.com/2020/09/03/support-for-commission-choice-seems-in-question/
Voters to decipher governance question
https://moabtimes.com/2020/09/03/voters-to-decipher-governance-question/
Monica Camey exemplifies dignity after February deaths of husband, son
https://moabtimes.com/2020/09/03/monica-camey-exemplifies-dignity-after-february-deaths-of-husband-son/