COVID-19 in Indian Country
A top Interior Department official charged with overseeing the disbursement of direct emergency relief to tribes failed to disclose that she is married to a lobbyist for an Alaska Native Corporation that is asking for relief funding, Western Values Project discovered.
The Department of the Treasury notified the Office of the Speaker that $600 million has been authorized for the Navajo Nation from the first distribution of CARES Act relief funding.
The Trump Administration Is Supporting Indian Country in Response to COVID-19 We will leverage every resource we have to bring safety to our tribal communities, and we will not waver in this mission. – President Donald J. Trump PDF: The Trump Administration Is Supporting Indian Country in Response to COVID-19 Overview: Response and recovery efforts […]
President Trump is working to make sure Native American communities have the support they need to combat the coronavirus.
'I went to the mat for Arizona’s native communities during the Senate’s coronavirus relief negotiations to ensure our tribes receive critical relief dollars amid the ongoing pandemic,' said Sen. Martha McSally (R-Arizona).
Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minnesota) released a statement in response to the Trump administration's plan for distributing $4.8 billion of the $8 billion in coronavirus relief promised to tribal governments.
Actions by the Treasury Department demonstrate a deep lack of understanding and are contrary to the principles and foundation of our sovereign-to-sovereign diplomatic relationship.
The Department of the Treasury has released a new document regarding distribution of the $8 billion coronavirus relief fund promised to tribal govermnents.
Richard Sneed, the Principal Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, released a statement regarding the distribution of federal Coronavirus relief funds to Native American tribes.
'The coronavirus relief funding coming from Washington today for tribal governments is inadequate and weeks-delayed,' said Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kelly.
Native peoples with COVID-19 are being severely undercounted.
Nearly six weeks after the CARES Act was signed into law the Department of Treasury s beginning to distribute $4.8 billion of the $8 billion Congress allocated for Tribal Governments for a Coronavirus Relief Fund.
Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez is updating his people on coronavirus relief efforts on the largest reservation in the United States.
Vice President Myron Lizer of the Navajo Nation will attend a Native American roundtable with President Donald Trump in Phoenix, Arizona, on May 5, 2020.
The Daily Treasury Statement has a line item for the Coronavirus Relief Fund, making it possible to track the total dollar value of payments being made to tribal governments.
The Department of the Treasury and Department of the Interior announced they will be begin disbursements of a portion of the $8 billion meant for tribes under the Coronavirus Relief Fund.
Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin and Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt today issued a statement after agreeing on a path forward to provide Coronavirus Relief Fund dollars to Native American Tribes.
U.S. House Assistant Speaker Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) participated in an online forum on the need to provide direct relief to local governments in future COVID-19 legislation.
Please join us on May 5th, 2020, as we honor missing and murdered Indigenous women and together increase our national awareness and demand change at the tribal, federal and state levels.
Oklahoma City Indian Clinic has stepped up to protect the well-being of Oklahomans and reduce the risk of spreading novel coronavirus, or COVID-19.
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