COVID-19 in Indian Country
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.
McGirt v. Oklahoma, whose outcome affects the Indian Country status of millions of acres in eastern Oklahoma, will be argued May 11, 2020.
The Indian Health Service has updated its coronavirus testing data, showing 3,607 COVID-19 cases within the system.
Indian Country is still waiting on an $8 billion coronavirus relief fund promised by the U.S. government to help tribes through the COVID-19 pandemic.
White House Email: Dear Tribal Leaders, Officials, and Indian Country Professionals.
Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Arizona) of the House Committee on Natural Resources and all five subcommittee chairs wrote to Department of the Interior Inspector General Mark Greenblatt, requesting an investigation of Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Tara Sweeney.
The Trump administration still doesn't know how to distribute $8 billion in coronavirus relief to tribal governments, more than a month after being charged to do so by Congress.
U.S. Senator Tina Smith to Mnuchin: Disburse $8 Billion in Critical COVID-19 Relief to Tribal Governments Immediately Treasury Has Not Distributed Any of This Critical Funding, Which was Secured in CARES Act Over a Month Ago WASHINGTON, D.C. [05/1/20]— U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.) is urging Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to immediately disburse $8 billion in critical relief funds to […]
The Indian Health Service has updated its coronavirus testing data, showing 3,465 COVID-19 cases as of April 29, 2020.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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