COVID-19 in Indian Country
The total number of positive COVID-19 cases for the Navajo Nation has reached 4,842 as of May 26, 2020. nearly 1,600 have recovered from the coronavirus on the largest reservation in the United States.

As ordered by a federal judge, the Trump administration submitted a status report about its efforts to distribute the rest of the $8 billion coronavirus relief fund promised to tribal governments. It's not going so well.

New COVID-19 surge projections show the effectiveness of Public Health Emergency Orders and weekend lockdowns, Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer said.

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to submit another status report about its efforts to distribute the rest of the $8 billion coronavirus relief fund promised to tribal governments.

Please join the Navajo Nation for another online town hall hosted by President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer.

'The curve is flattening on the Navajo Nation, even as we test our people aggressively,' said President Jonathan Nez.

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The Tohono O’odham Gaming Enterprise will resume gaming operations on June 5, 2020, at all four of its Desert Diamond Casinos in Arizona.

The Intertribal Agriculture Council announces its new podcast, Resiliency Through Agriculture.

Please join the National Congress of American Indians for a virtual town hall discussion with U.S. Census Bureau Tribal Affairs Coordinator Dee Alexander.

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez, Vice President Myron Lizer, and Miss Navajo Nation Shaandiin Parrish paid tribute to fallen warriors with the laying of a wreath at the memorial wall at Veterans Memorial Park.

The Indian Health Service has updated its coronavirus testing data, showing 9,001 COVID-19 positive cases within the system.

Defending Our Treaty Rights in the Time of COVID-19: This webinar will share Indigenous Peoples’ initiatives to defend the inherent and sovereign rights affirmed in Nation-to-Nation Treaties during the time of COVID-19.

NAFOA is expanding opportunities for Indian Country and individuals.

The CARES Act provided the U.S. Department of the Interior with $756 million to support the needs of DOI programs, bureaus, Indian Country, and the Insular Areas.

The Winnebago Reservation now has had a total of fourteen positive cases of COVID-19. Of those fourteen cases, six individuals have recovered.

Join the Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project and Los Luceros Historic Site for our second Mesa Talks of 2020 as Art Cruz shares his knowledge of Phioge Pueblo.

The total number of positive COVID-19 cases for the Navajo Nation has reached 4,794. Nearly 1,500 individuals have recovered from the coronavirus on the largest reservation in the United States.

Kewa Pueblo, also known as Santo Domingo Pueblo, continues to see an increase in coronavirus cases within the tribal community in New Mexico.

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