COVID-19 in Indian Country
President Julian Bear Runner admitted to being arrested this weekend, though he declined to say what charges he is facing as he continues to lead COVID-19 response efforts for the Oglala Sioux Tribe.
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.
The Yurok Tribe and seven other tribal governments filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to compel the US Treasury to release the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding that was allotted to 574 indigenous nations.
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.
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Despite being required by the CARES Act to distribute $8 billion to tribal governments within 30 days, the Trump administration has failed to do so.
Two sisters from the Navajo Nation who dedicated their lives to their people died of COVID-19.
Is a once celebrated Native author trying to make a comeback, hoping the focus on the COVID-19 epidemic will overshadow unresolved allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct?
On February 11, 2020, Tyler Fish of the Trump administration addressed the National Congress of American Indians. Here's what he said.
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 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.
Tribal leaders and their advocates are celebrating after securing an initial victory against the Trump administration over its handling of an $8 billion coronavirus relief fund that’s at the center of one of the most divisive legal and political battles in recent history. LINK: https://www.indianz.com/News/2020/04/28/judge-sides-with-tribal-governments-in-f.asp
The administrators of the Social Distance Powwow are hosting a discussion to hear from Native women and leaders of the missing and murdered Indigenous women movement.
A federal judge has issued a decision in the closely-watched CARES Act lawsuit, barring the Trump administration from disbursing an $8 billion coronavirus relief fund to for-profit corporations.
Three Indian nations whose businesses were excluded from the first round of the Paycheck Protection Program filed suit against the Trump administration on April 23, 2020.
A Native author who was the subject of sexual harassment allegations reappeared on the very popular Social Distance Powwow group, frustrating Native women, survivors and advocates.
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During a broadcast on April 24, 2020, PBS NewsHour paid tribute to Karen Ketcher, a citizen and employee of the Cherokee Nation who succumbed to COVID-19.
Valerie Tsosie, a dedicated mother whose work on the Navajo Nation brought her close to the frontlines of the fight against the coronavirus, succumbed to COVID-19 on April 23, 2020.
A Navajo Nation family is mourning the passing of two siblings who lost their lives within days of one another.
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