COVID-19 in Indian Country
The Indian Health Service has updated its coronavirus testing data, showing 3,465 COVID-19 cases as of April 29, 2020.
The Piestewa Peak Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution continues to lend a helping hand to healthcare and other essential workers on the front lines of the pandemic.
Choctaw Defense Manufacturing has announced the manufacture, distribution and sale of plexiglass barriers to the public to help combat COVD-19.
On April 30, 2020, IllumiNative, Taboo, NDN Collective and Indian Country Today co-hosted the Native Americans & Coronavirus Virtual Town Hall as part of IllumiNative’s #WarriorUp campaign.
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NDN Collective announces a Request for Information to collaboratively identify contractors and other technical assistance providers who can provide support to Indigenous communities bracing from economic impacts, stresses to public services due to COVID-19.
We are deeply aware of the hardship and uncertainty facing our communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Collectively, we must make an even greater commitment to Native agriculture to ensure food for our people.
The state of South Dakota has begun reporting coronavirus data among racial and ethnic lines, with Native Americans accounting for nearly 5 percent of COVID-19 cases.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency-related veto-override legislation items were advanced to the Navajo Nation Council by the 24-member Naabik’íyáti’ Committee.
Despite being required by the CARES Act to distribute $8 billion to tribal governments within 30 days, the Trump administration has failed to do so.
Speaker Seth Damon issued a cancellation of the special session of the 24th Navajo Nation Council that was to be held May 1, 2020, so that all Legislative Branch buildings could be disinfected and sanitized.
Two sisters from the Navajo Nation who dedicated their lives to their people died of COVID-19.
The total number of positive COVID-19 cases for the Navajo Nation has reached 2,141 as of April 30, 2020. There's been 71 coronavirus related deaths on the largest reservation in the United States.
There are some last-minute developments in federal court as tribes await the release of an $8 billion coronavirus relief fund promised to their governments.
Is a once celebrated Native author trying to make a comeback, hoping the focus on the COVID-19 epidemic will overshadow unresolved allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct?
The District of Columbia continues to report a steady rise in COVID-19 cases among self-identified American Indians and Alaska Natives.
The Bureau of Land Management and the Bureau of Indian Affairs invite the public to participate in a virtual meeting to discuss energy development in a sensitive cultural area of New Mexico.
Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer extend their appreciation to all of the Congressional members who have called on on the Department of the Treasury to immediately release $8 billion in CARES Act funding to tribes.
The Indian Health Service has updated its coronavirus testing data, showing 3,212 COVID-19 positive cases in the system.
Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Vice Chair Deb Haaland (D-N.M) strongly criticized the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) efforts to open sacred tribal lands in New Mexico to new oil and gas extraction during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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