COVID-19 in Indian Country
On June 11, 2020, Executive Director Francys Crevier of the National Council of Urban Indian Health will testify before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies.
The total number of positive COVID-19 cases for the Navajo Nation has reached 6,275 as of June 10, 2020, Nearly 3,000 have recovered from the coronavirus on the largest reservation in the United States.
The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau approved an additional 67 funding applications for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program, including for the Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley, in San Jose, California.
June is off to a busy start at the Cheyenne River Youth Project, located in the heart of South Dakota’s remote Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation. Every day, staff members have been busy planting crops in their 2.5-acre, pesticide-free Winyan Toka Win (Leading Lady) Garden.
Over two months after Congress passed the CARES Act, the Trump administration continues to withhold Indian Education COVID-19 funding to Tribal schools, leaving students without resources for distance learning.
The Indian Health Service has updated its coronavirus testing data, showing 13,487 COVID-19 cases as of June 8, 2020.
The total number of positive COVID-19 cases for the Navajo Nation has reached 6,150 as of June 9, 2020. Nearly 2,900 people have recovered from the coronavirus on the largest reservation in the United States.
'Now more than ever, Native veterans need access to life-saving health care.'
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 10, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time.
Gen7 Solutions is proud to announce no cost COVID-19 and no cost COVID antibody tests/screens for every tribal nation and their employees.
Please join Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer for another online town hall on June 9, 2020.
The Resources and Development Committee of the Navajo Nation Council voted in favor of Legislation No. 0119-20 to cancel the Navajo Nation Fair, Fourth of July Celebration, Northern Navajo Nation Fair and all other fairs, rodeos and roping events held on the Navajo Nation during 2020.
The Board of Directors of the Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise approved the extended closure of all Navajo Gaming operations through July 5, 2020.
The Resources and Development Committee of the 24th Navajo Nation Council approved and adopted uniform rules for tribal enterprises to allow access to trust and fee lands for development that no longer require Bureau of Indian Affairs rights-of-way approval.
The Indian Health Service has updated its coronavirus testing data, showing 13,165 COVID-19 positive cases as of June 7, 2020.
A COVID-19 testing event is being held in an effort to make testing widely available to Winnebago Community Members and those who work on the Winnebago Reservation.
Join the Diné lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and two-spirit community for the largest Indigenous virtual Pride in the country! Streaming live on Diné Pride, June 24-27, 2020.
First responders on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Navajo Nation are receiving a boost in wireless connectivity with FirstNet’s deployment of two Satellite Cell on Light Trucks (SatCOLTs) to the region.
The total number of positive COVID-19 cases for the Navajo Nation has reached 6,110 as of June 8, 2020. More than 2,800 have recovered from the coronavirus on the largest reservation in the United States.
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, will hold an oversight hearing on June 11, 2020, to gather testimony on the Indian Health Service’s response to COVID-19.
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