{"id":10610,"date":"2021-01-05T11:48:23","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T16:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/covid19\/?p=10610"},"modified":"2021-01-05T11:54:08","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T16:54:08","slug":"ohkay-owingeh-new-mexico-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/2021\/01\/05\/ohkay-owingeh-new-mexico-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohkay Owingeh (New Mexico)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2328\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/6829262188_11e934707c_o.png\" alt=\"ohkay owingeh\" width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/6829262188_11e934707c_o.png 1200w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/6829262188_11e934707c_o-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/6829262188_11e934707c_o-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/6829262188_11e934707c_o-768x431.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><em>A home in Ohkay Owingeh in New Mexico. Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/blogumentary\/6829262188\/\">Chuck Olsen<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ohkay.org\">Ohkay Owingeh<\/a> continues to cancel events as the tribe attempts to slow the spread of the coronavirus in northern New Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>The tribe went eight months in 2020 without any COVID-19 cases. That changed last October, when the first three positive cases were confirmed on the reservation, located about a half hour north of Santa Fe, the state capital.<\/p>\n<p>As of <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/05\/OO-Community-Update-12-18-2020b.pdf\">December 18<\/a>, the tribe had 80 COVID-19 cases. Additionally, 1 person passed away in November.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As the new Tribal Administration transitions into office; Be advised that Public Safety continues to be our upmost priority to keep the Community safe during the COVID-19 Pandemic,&#8221; Governor J. Patrick Aguino wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/05\/POL-COVID-19-Update_ENS-Announcement_1_4_21.pdf\">January 4, 2021, update<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Along with other new tribal leaders, Aguino assumed office on January 1. A community celebration typically takes place on January 6 but the governor said all gatherings, meals and other events have been canceled.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ohkay Owingeh continues to be on a &#8216;No Gathering&#8217; mandate; and we ask that all Community Members please comply with the mandate as set forth by Tribal Administration,&#8221; Aguino wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Monday&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> update:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; 936 new cases, totaling 147,315 cases statewide<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; 23 additional deaths, totaling 2,574 deaths statewide<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; 703 current COVID-19 hospitalizations<\/p>\n<p>Our actions make a difference. Keep up the fight against COVID-19 \u2013 stay home, mask up, slow the spread. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nJFflBBzeS\">pic.twitter.com\/nJFflBBzeS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (@GovMLG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovMLG\/status\/1346246464549187584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The tribe began administering COVID-19 vaccine doses last month to health care professionals. Vaccinations are containing this month among essential workers, elders and others in high-risk categories.<\/p>\n<p>Ohkay Owingeh is located in Rio Arriba County. Despite being home to several tribes and a large city of more than 10,000 people, the county has seen a relatively low COVID-19 positive rate.<\/p>\n<p>As of December 28, 2020, American Indians and Alaska Natives accounted for 16.7 percent of coronavirus cases in New Mexico, <a href=\"https:\/\/cvprovider.nmhealth.org\/public-dashboard.html\">according to the state Department of Health<\/a>. Native people represent about&nbsp;9.5 percent of the overall population in the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ohkay Owingeh continues to cancel events as the tribe attempts to slow the spread of the coronavirus in northern New Mexico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2328,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[10,209],"class_list":["post-10610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tribes","tag-new-mexico","tag-pueblo"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/6829262188_11e934707c_o.png","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10610"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10617,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10610\/revisions\/10617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}