{"id":3030,"date":"2020-04-19T02:22:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-19T06:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/covid19\/?p=3030"},"modified":"2020-04-19T02:27:40","modified_gmt":"2020-04-19T06:27:40","slug":"recap-coronavirus-crisis-and-trump-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/2020\/04\/19\/recap-coronavirus-crisis-and-trump-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"RECAP: Coronavirus crisis and Trump administration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Looking to get up to speed on the #CoronavirusCrisis that emerged out of the Trump administration, ensnaring and enraging Indian Country in the process? Here&#8217;s our recap:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">RECAP: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CoronavirusCrisis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CoronavirusCrisis<\/a> and the Trump administration:<\/p>\n<p>* 4\/10-Tribes learn Alaska Native corporations in line for $8 billion <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> relief fund, a day after final consultation call &amp; three days before close of comment period.<\/p>\n<p>* 4\/11,4\/12-Tribes scramble w\/letters, outreach.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1251756199730728962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">* 4\/13-First Indianz report: &#8220;[W]e do not believe it would be proper for the BIA to advocate for ANC funding,&#8221; Great Plains leaders say of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ASIndianAffairs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ASIndianAffairs<\/a> Tara Sweeney.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cmUnsHOXXu\">https:\/\/t.co\/cmUnsHOXXu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* 4\/13-<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CARESAct?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CARESAct<\/a> portal goes live. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USInterior?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USInterior<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USTreasury?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USTreasury<\/a> say ANCs can apply.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1251756200930222081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">* 4\/14-Second Indianz story explains <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ASIndianAffairs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ASIndianAffairs<\/a> Tara Sweeney&#8217;s assist to Native corporations, several with large land holdings and assets in her home state of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Alaska?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Alaska<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Even more tribes weigh in with opposition. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CARESActCrisis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CARESActCrisis<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dy8YVqJg8O\">https:\/\/t.co\/Dy8YVqJg8O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1251756202121400320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">* 4\/15-Indianz explores disproportionate impact of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Coronavirus<\/a> on the first Americans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is no joke,&#8221; says President Jonathan Nez <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NNPrezNez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NNPrezNez<\/a> of Navajo Nation, largest reservation in United States and hardest hit by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vE0LuRzowS\">https:\/\/t.co\/vE0LuRzowS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1251756203186827264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">* 4\/16-In blockbuster interview, Chief Chuck Hoskin <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckHoskin_Jr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChuckHoskin_Jr<\/a> of Cherokee Nation likens debacle to &#8220;robbery happening in broad daylight.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USInterior?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USInterior<\/a> doesn&#8217;t answer request for info about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ASIndianAffairs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ASIndianAffairs<\/a> Tara Sweeney&#8217;s actions. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WhoCARESAct?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WhoCARESAct<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/93nDJ8lJY6\">https:\/\/t.co\/93nDJ8lJY6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1251756204285661184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">* 4\/16-Highest ranking Senate Democrat accuses <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ASIndianAffairs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ASIndianAffairs<\/a> Tara Sweeney of &#8220;diverting funds for tribal governments during coronavirus to for-profit Alaska Native Corporations.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OyGO1g3wK9\">https:\/\/t.co\/OyGO1g3wK9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3.5 hours later, as tribes get on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a>\u260e\ufe0f\ud83d\udc47<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BA6V7sBneF\">https:\/\/t.co\/BA6V7sBneF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1251756205468536832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">* 4\/16-In unprecedented show of unity, every major inter-tribal organization expresses lack of confidence in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ASIndianAffairs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ASIndianAffairs<\/a> Tara Sweeney.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nKYojR5FIG\">https:\/\/t.co\/nKYojR5FIG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* 4\/16-Six tribes sue <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USTreasury?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USTreasury<\/a> late in evening. Complaint shows up in system next day.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lxNjpSorHd\">https:\/\/t.co\/lxNjpSorHd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1251756206861029376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">* 4\/17-After broad show of unity in Indian Country, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ASIndianAffairs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ASIndianAffairs<\/a> Tara Sweeney digs in and accuses unnamed figures of &#8220;seeking to divide the American Indian and Alaska Native community&#8221; and of subverting <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CARESAct?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CARESAct<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WhoCARESAgainAct?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WhoCARESAgainAct<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ePk1NwwGIE\">https:\/\/t.co\/ePk1NwwGIE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dufn9uamhQ\">pic.twitter.com\/Dufn9uamhQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1251756208052191234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">* 4\/17-With the deadline to submit <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CARESAct?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CARESAct<\/a> information quickly approaching, data from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USTreasury?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USTreasury<\/a> and circulated among <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USInterior?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USInterior<\/a> leaks to large groups.<\/p>\n<p>Indianz is first to explore data and impact in ongoing policy dispute. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CoronavirusCrisis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CoronavirusCrisis<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o6GAFa7N0l\">https:\/\/t.co\/o6GAFa7N0l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1251756211202031618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">* 4\/18-<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USInterior?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USInterior<\/a> responds to breach by admitting it had <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USTreasury?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USTreasury<\/a> data too.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GvnIuufHeC\">https:\/\/t.co\/GvnIuufHeC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* Tribal leaders condemn leak, demand investigation.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lqhgHovend\">https:\/\/t.co\/lqhgHovend<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2bNevOpfR3\">https:\/\/t.co\/2bNevOpfR3<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2bNevOpfR3\">https:\/\/t.co\/2bNevOpfR3<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CoronavirusCrisis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CoronavirusCrisis<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CARESActLeak?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CARESActLeak<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CARESActBreach?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CARESActBreach<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1251756212233949185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So What&#8217;s Next? \ud83e\uddd0\ud83e\uddd0\ud83e\uddd0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s only gonna get worse,&#8221; one Washington insider told <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0yYFAWzrcJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/0yYFAWzrcJ<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CoronavirusCrisis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CoronavirusCrisis<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CARESAct?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CARESAct<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CARESActCrisis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CARESActCrisis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1251756213534101507?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking to get up to speed on the #CoronavirusCrisis that emerged out of the Trump administration on April 10, 2020? 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