COVID-19 in Indian Country
The Cheyenne River Youth Project hasn’t stopped seeking new, creative ways to serve its community during the Covid-19 crisis.
During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, the Navajo Division of Transportation is utilizing a limited number of essential staff to continue specific projects and road maintenance.
As part of a coordinated effort to protect local residents from the global COVID-19 pandemic, the Yurok Tribal Council voted to close the Yurok Reservation to non-essential personnel.
The Sault Tribe’s government extended its temporary closure of all governmental offices, with a planned reopen date of May 3, 2020.
The Navajo Nation Council applauds the police department in Page, Arizona, for making an arrest in a threatening social media post incident against the Navajo people.
An employee of the Red Cloud Indian School is the first COVID-19 case on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
A tribal college enterprise in Michigan is producing and distributing personal protective equipment face shields.
President Julian Bear Runner of the Oglala Sioux Tribe confirmed the first COVID-19 case on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has confirmed the first COVID-19 case on the South Dakota side of the reservation.
https://www.facebook.com/PuebloOfZuni/photos/a.447137205393977/447137208727310/?type=3&theater Citizens and leaders of the Pueblo of Zuni are increasingly sounding alarms as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise dramatically in their community in New Mexico. https://www.indianz.com/News/2020/04/08/at-this-rate-the-entire-tribe-will-be-ex.asp
Kevin Abourezk will be going live with Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. of the Cherokee Nation and President Jonathan Nez of the Navajo Nation.
With COVID-19 clusters being detected in some of their communities, widespread coronavirus testing is occurring among Pueblo tribes in New Mexico.
The total number of positive tests for COVID-19 has reached 426 for the Navajo Nation as of April 7, 2020.
The New Mexico Department of Health has released alarming data about the spread of the coronavirus among Pueblo tribes in the state.
The Ramah Chapter of the Navajo Nation reported 10 positive COVID-19 cases as of April 7, 2020.
Acting Governor Floyd Toribio of the Pueblo of Zia confirmed 11 -- and as many as 20 -- COVID-19 cases within the New Mexico based tribe.
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is not yet reporting any COVID-19 cases even as the tribe is surrounded by the coronavirus.
The total number of positive tests for COVID-19 has reached 384 for the Navajo Nation as of April 6, 2020, an increase of 30 cases.
Ohkay Owingeh has confirmed a second case of COVID-19 within the community in New Mexico.
The Navajo Nation will be implementing a 57-hour curfew this coming weekend to slow the spread of the coronavirus on the largest reservation in the United States.
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