COVID-19 in Indian Country
The Yurok Tribe and seven other tribal governments filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to compel the US Treasury to release the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding that was allotted to 574 indigenous nations.
Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Arizona) of the House Committee on Natural Resources and all five subcommittee chairs wrote to Department of the Interior Inspector General Mark Greenblatt, requesting an investigation of Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Tara Sweeney.
The Trump administration still doesn't know how to distribute $8 billion in coronavirus relief to tribal governments, more than a month after being charged to do so by Congress.
The plaintiffs in Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Mnuchin have filed a motion for a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction and emergency writ of mandamus.
U.S. Senator Tina Smith to Mnuchin: Disburse $8 Billion in Critical COVID-19 Relief to Tribal Governments Immediately Treasury Has Not Distributed Any of This Critical Funding, Which was Secured in CARES Act Over a Month Ago WASHINGTON, D.C. [05/1/20]— U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.) is urging Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to immediately disburse $8 billion in critical relief funds to […]
The Indian Health Service has updated its coronavirus testing data, showing 3,465 COVID-19 cases as of April 29, 2020.
The Piestewa Peak Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution continues to lend a helping hand to healthcare and other essential workers on the front lines of the pandemic.
Choctaw Defense Manufacturing has announced the manufacture, distribution and sale of plexiglass barriers to the public to help combat COVD-19.
On April 30, 2020, IllumiNative, Taboo, NDN Collective and Indian Country Today co-hosted the Native Americans & Coronavirus Virtual Town Hall as part of IllumiNative’s #WarriorUp campaign.
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NDN Collective announces a Request for Information to collaboratively identify contractors and other technical assistance providers who can provide support to Indigenous communities bracing from economic impacts, stresses to public services due to COVID-19.
We are deeply aware of the hardship and uncertainty facing our communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Collectively, we must make an even greater commitment to Native agriculture to ensure food for our people.
The state of South Dakota has begun reporting coronavirus data among racial and ethnic lines, with Native Americans accounting for nearly 5 percent of COVID-19 cases.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency-related veto-override legislation items were advanced to the Navajo Nation Council by the 24-member Naabik’íyáti’ Committee.
Despite being required by the CARES Act to distribute $8 billion to tribal governments within 30 days, the Trump administration has failed to do so.
Speaker Seth Damon issued a cancellation of the special session of the 24th Navajo Nation Council that was to be held May 1, 2020, so that all Legislative Branch buildings could be disinfected and sanitized.
Two sisters from the Navajo Nation who dedicated their lives to their people died of COVID-19.
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