COVID-19 in Indian Country
The total number of positive COVID-19 cases for the Navajo Nation has reached 1,360. There have been 52 coronavirus related deaths on the largest reservation in the United States.
The Trump administration has determined that Alaska Native corporations can receive shares of the $8 billion coronavirus relief fund promised to tribal governments. In a brief filed at a 5pm Eastern deadline, government attorneys said the Department of the Treasury finally resolved the question that has been on everyone’s minds since the controversy blew up […]
The Indian Health Service has updated its coronavirus testing data, showing 2,124 COVID-19 positive cases within the system.
A new coronavirus relief bill provides $750 million to Indian Country for COVID-19 testing and response.
The unprecedented coronavirus is creating economic hardships for indigenous populations across the country, including the Chugach Alaska Corporation region and shareholders.
Join Native America Calling at 1pm Eastern on April 23, 2020, for a discussion on COVID-19 relief promised to tribes. Scheduled guests include Chairman Harold Frazier of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe andChief Mike Williams of the Akiak Native Community. Both tribes are suing the Trump administration over the handling of an $8 billion coronavirus […]
Led by the National Congress of American Indians, organizations representing nearly every federally recognized tribe have submitted a brief in connection with an $8 billion coronavirus relief fund.
The Bristol Bay Native Corporation, the Bristol Bay Economic Development Corporation, the Bristol Bay Native Association, the United Tribes of Bristol Bay and the Bristol Bay Housing Authority have developed protocols for the upcoming salmon season in Bristol Bay in Alaska.
With the coronavirus continuing to exact a heavy toll on the first Americans, a historic showdown is taking place in federal court as Indian Country fights over the future of an $8 billion COVID-19 relief fund promised to tribal governments.
The Alaska Native Village Corporation Association (ANVCA) and the ANCSA Regional Association (ARA) are making their views known in the CARES Act lawsuit that’s headed to a major showdown in federal court.
Ahtna Inc., an Alaska Native regional corporation, has submitted a friend of the court brief in the CARES Act lawsuit that’s headed to a showdown in federal court.
The Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 2020 76 new cases and one more death related to COVID-19 reported WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — The Navajo Department of Health in coordination with the Navajo Epidemiology Center and the Navajo Area Indian Health Service, reported 76 new cases of COVID-19 and a total […]
The Navajo Nation has joined 10 other tribes in a lawsuit against the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, regarding $8 billion in federal COVID-19 funding.
The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe are suing the Trump administration over its handling of an $8 billion coronavirus relief fund.
The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Oglala Sioux Tribe, and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe are among the poorest and most vulnerable Tribal nations in the country
The Alaska Native Village Corporation Association and the ANCSA Regional Association are seeking a voice in the CARES Act lawsuit that's headed to a major showdown in federal court.
As part of their new CARES Act lawsuit, the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe have filed a sealed motion in federal court.
The Indian Health Service has updated its coronavirus testing data, showing 1,915 COVID-19 positives in the system.
The federal judge assigned to the tribal #CARESAct lawsuit has scheduled a new hearing in the case in light of the Trump administration's attempts to delay paying Indian Country its share of an $8 billion coronavirus relief fund.
The Trump administration still doesn't know how it's going to distribute an $8 billion coronavirus relief fund to Indian Country, just days before payments are supposed to go out.
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