COVID-19 in Indian Country
The Indian Health Service has added a map to its coronavirus testing data, which currently shows result as of 12pm on May 4, 2020.
The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau approved additional funding for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program, including $954,990 to the Navajo Nation Department of Health.
Tribes with homelands in North Dakota will receive approximately $109 million from the coronavirus relief fund, according to Sen. John Hoeven (R-North Dakota).
Transcript of the Native American roundtable with President Donald Trump on May 5, 2020.
The Trump Administration Is Supporting Indian Country in Response to COVID-19 We will leverage every resource we have to bring safety to our tribal communities, and we will not waver in this mission. – President Donald J. Trump PDF: The Trump Administration Is Supporting Indian Country in Response to COVID-19 Overview: Response and recovery efforts […]
President Trump is working to make sure Native American communities have the support they need to combat the coronavirus.
'I went to the mat for Arizona’s native communities during the Senate’s coronavirus relief negotiations to ensure our tribes receive critical relief dollars amid the ongoing pandemic,' said Sen. Martha McSally (R-Arizona).
Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minnesota) released a statement in response to the Trump administration's plan for distributing $4.8 billion of the $8 billion in coronavirus relief promised to tribal governments.
The Department of the Treasury has released a new document regarding distribution of the $8 billion coronavirus relief fund promised to tribal govermnents.
'The coronavirus relief funding coming from Washington today for tribal governments is inadequate and weeks-delayed,' said Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kelly.
Nearly six weeks after the CARES Act was signed into law the Department of Treasury s beginning to distribute $4.8 billion of the $8 billion Congress allocated for Tribal Governments for a Coronavirus Relief Fund.
The Daily Treasury Statement has a line item for the Coronavirus Relief Fund, making it possible to track the total dollar value of payments being made to tribal governments.
Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin and Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt today issued a statement after agreeing on a path forward to provide Coronavirus Relief Fund dollars to Native American Tribes.
U.S. House Assistant Speaker Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) participated in an online forum on the need to provide direct relief to local governments in future COVID-19 legislation.
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) joined Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minnesota) and a bipartisan group of Senate colleagues in urging Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to immediately disburse $8 billion in critical relief funds to eligible federally recognized Tribal governments.
Ahead of President Donald Trump’s visit to Arizona, Rep. Greg Stanton (D-Arizona) is asking a simple question: Where is the $8 billion in coronavirus relief promised to tribes?
The Indian Health Service has updated its coronavirus testing data, showing 3,974 COVID-19 cases within the system.
Small Business Administration Administrator Jovita Carranza announced today that agricultural businesses are now eligible for Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and EIDL Advance programs.
Stay up to date on the coronavirus this week with Native America Calling.
U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Jovita Carranza and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin issued a statement on the success of the Paycheck Protection Program.
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