More than 170 years ago, the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma heard about the Great Potato Famine in Ireland and stepped up to help. Citizens donated a little over $170 dollars — that's the equivalent of $5,000 today — to the relief effort.
Today, the Irish are returning the favor to the Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe, who are struggling with one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the country. Donors in Ireland have helped raise more than $3 million dollars through a GoFundMe page and other charities