COVID-19 in Indian Country
The total number of positive COVID-19 cases for the Navajo Nation has reached 2,141 as of April 30, 2020. There's been 71 coronavirus related deaths on the largest reservation in the United States.
There are some last-minute developments in federal court as tribes await the release of an $8 billion coronavirus relief fund promised to their governments.
Is a once celebrated Native author trying to make a comeback, hoping the focus on the COVID-19 epidemic will overshadow unresolved allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct?
The District of Columbia continues to report a steady rise in COVID-19 cases among self-identified American Indians and Alaska Natives.
The Bureau of Land Management and the Bureau of Indian Affairs invite the public to participate in a virtual meeting to discuss energy development in a sensitive cultural area of New Mexico.
Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer extend their appreciation to all of the Congressional members who have called on on the Department of the Treasury to immediately release $8 billion in CARES Act funding to tribes.
The Indian Health Service has updated its coronavirus testing data, showing 3,212 COVID-19 positive cases in the system.
Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Vice Chair Deb Haaland (D-N.M) strongly criticized the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) efforts to open sacred tribal lands in New Mexico to new oil and gas extraction during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, social distancing requirements, and martial law on the reservation, spring commencement at Red Lake Nation College will still go on as scheduled on May 21, 2020, drive-in theater style.
The Indian Health Service hosted a COVID-19 call with the media on April 30, 2020.
'Thank you for taking a sudden interest in the roads on the Cheyenne River Reservation,' Chairman Harold Frazier said to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Over the past few weeks, the New Mexico Indian Affairs Department has partnered with sister agencies to facilitate the delivery of essential supplies and services to Nations, Tribes, and Pueblos.
The prevalence of diagnosed diabetes in American Indian and Alaska Native adults decreased significantly from 2013 to 2017, according to a new study.
On February 11, 2020, Tyler Fish of the Trump administration addressed the National Congress of American Indians. Here's what he said.
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