COVID-19 in Indian Country
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, social distancing requirements, and martial law on the reservation, spring commencement at Red Lake Nation College will still go on as scheduled on May 21, 2020, drive-in theater style.
The Indian Health Service hosted a COVID-19 call with the media on April 30, 2020.
'Thank you for taking a sudden interest in the roads on the Cheyenne River Reservation,' Chairman Harold Frazier said to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Over the past few weeks, the New Mexico Indian Affairs Department has partnered with sister agencies to facilitate the delivery of essential supplies and services to Nations, Tribes, and Pueblos.
The prevalence of diagnosed diabetes in American Indian and Alaska Native adults decreased significantly from 2013 to 2017, according to a new study.
On February 11, 2020, Tyler Fish of the Trump administration addressed the National Congress of American Indians. Here's what he said.
Two Indian inmates died of COVID-19 while in federal custody, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said in separate announcements. One was a Lakota woman who had just given birth.
Tribal leaders and their advocates are once again questioning the Trump administration's commitment to their people, with the official who has been working on Indian Country issues being moved out of the White House in the middle of the worst public health crisis in decades.
The total number of positive COVID-19 cases for the Navajo Nation has reached 1,977 as of April 29, 2020. There's been 62 coronavirus related deaths on the largest reservation in the United States.
Please join Indianz.Com for another LIVE edition of Indian Times with Kevin and Leo at 7:30pm Central on April 29, 2020.
Senator Tom Udall (D-New Mexico), vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, requested official reviews into the Trump administration’s handling of COVID-19 relief funding for Tribes.
The Indian Health Service has updated its coronavirus testing data, showing 3,106 COVID-19 positive cases within the system.
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians hosted three blood drives to support public health efforts in partnership with The American Red Cross and LifeStream Blood Bank. These three blood drives resulted in the collection of more than 130 units of blood.
Tune-in this Thursday, April 30th at 8PM ET for the Native Americans & Coronavirus Virtual Town Hall co-hosted by the Black Eyed Peas’ Taboo, IllumiNative, NDN Collective and Indian Country Today as part of IllumiNative’s #WarriorUp campaign.
Members of the Navajo Nation Council expressed their congratulations to White House Senior Policy Advisor and Tribal Liaison Tyler Fish on his appointment to the White House Council on Native American Affairs.
Join Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer for a COVID-19 Town Hall Meeting.
The Great Plains Region is one of 12 Bureau of Indian Affairs Regions in the United States, encompassing nearly 25 percent of all Indian land owned by federally recognized tribes.
The federal judge assigned to the CARES Act lawsuit ordered the parties to submit a status report by May 1, 2020, following a landmark ruling affecting $8 billion in coronavirus relief promised to tribal governments.
The total number of positive COVID-19 cases for the Navajo Nation has reached 1,873 as of April 28, 2020. There's been 60 coronavirus related deaths on the largest reservation in the United States.
Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer extend their appreciation to the many organizations and individuals who have donated masks to the Navajo Nation, which are being distributed to elders, high-risk, and others.
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