The Choctaw Nation announced plans for distribution of $200.8 million of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding.

Choctaw Defense Manufacturing has announced the manufacture, distribution and sale of plexiglass barriers to the public to help combat COVD-19.

The Inter-Tribal Council of the Five Tribes opposes the inclusion of Alaska Native corporations in the $8 billion coronavirus relief fund.

In a video message on March 25, 2020, Choctaw Nation Chief Gary Batton and Assistant Chief Jack Austin Jr. provided an update on the tribe’s COVID-19 efforts. Administrative offices, casinos, wellness centers, community centers and Head Start sites remain closed in order to slow the spread of the coronavirus in Oklahoma.

In a video message on March 24, 2020, Choctaw Nation Chief Gary Batton announced the closure of the tribe’s administrative offices to the public. The decision comes after the tribe already closed its casinos, wellness centers, community centers and Head Start sites in Oklahoma. “We’ll reopen buildings and programs as soon as we can,” Batton […]