COVID-19 in Indian Country
The Seneca Nation is mourning the loss of five community members to COVID-19. Three of them are from the same family of Seneca matriarchs.

The Northern Cheyenne Tribe so far has received $19,465,503.73 from the CARES Act coronavirus relief fund.

The Indian Health Service updated its coronavirus testing data, showing 15,809 COVID-19 cases as of June 16, 2020.

The total number of COVID-19 positive cases for the Navajo Nation is 6,747 as of June 17, 2020. More than 3,300 have recovered from the coronavirus on the largest reservation in the United States.

The Trump administration on June 17, 2020, filed a notice in Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Mnuchin, announcing distribution of an additional $679 million from the coronavirus relief fund.

The Indian Health Service updated its coronavirus testing data, showing 15,487 COVID-19 cases as of June 15, 2020.

The total number of positive COVID-19 cases for the Navajo Nation has reached 6,672 as of June 16, 2020. More than 3,200 have recovered from the coronavirus on the largest reservation in the United States.

The Indian Health Service has updated its coronavirus testing data, though the results show some discrepancies.

'I want the members to know that I will do all that I can to make sure the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation gets what is due, including this next distribution,' says Chairman Joseph Rupnick.

The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation on June 15, 2020, filed a notice of appeal in its CARES Act lawsuit against the Trump administration.

Please join Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer for another online town hall on June 16, 2020.

The total number of positive COVID-19 cases for the Navajo Nation has reached 6,633 as of June 15, 2020. About 3,200 have recovered from the coronavirus on the largest reservation in the United States.

A federal judge on June 15, 2020, ordered the Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin to distribute the remainder of the $8 billion coronavirus relief fund to tribes

The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs meetings at 2:30pm Eastern on July 1, 2020, for an oversight hearing on COVID-19 and a legislative hearing on S. 3650, Coverage for the Urban Indian Health Providers Act.

On Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 3:30 p.m. EDT, the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands will hold a virtual, fully remote legislative hearing on U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management bills.

The Indian Health Service has updated its coronavirus testing data, showing 15,241 COVID-19 positive cases as of June 13, 2020.

The National Indian Gaming Commission is pleased to announce a series of COVID-19 Guidance Outreach calls. Please save the date for the next call on June 18, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time.

Pushing forward tribal economic development in the time of COVID-19.

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A federal judge will hold a hearing in Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Mnuchin at 9:30am Eastern on June 15, 2020.