COVID-19 in Indian Country
Sen. Martha McSally (R-Arizona) and Interior Secretary David Bernhardt met with Gila River Indian Community leadership and viewed their plans to safely reopen.
The total number of positive COVID-19 cases for the Navajo Nation has reached 4,529 as of May 22, 2020.
'The Navajo Nation is facing the worst coronavirus outbreak in the country, Navajo leaders are doing everything in their power to take care of their community, and the federal government continues to fail them,' U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kelly said.
The Department of the Treasury’s administrative record (AR) in ongoing litigation over the $8 billion coronavirus relief fund promised to tribal governments was submitted in federal court on May 22, 2020. The AR is divided into 14 sections, according to the index submitted in court. Almost every section contains just one document but section 10 […]
A team of researchers released its proposal for fairly allocating the $8 billion CARES Act monies earmarked for the governments of federally recognized American Indian and Alaskan Native nations.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced $500 million in payments from the Provider Relief Fund to the Indian Health Service and tribal hospitals, clinics, and urban health centers to support the tribal response to COVID-19.
The Indian Health Service has updated its coronavirus testing data, showing 8,059 COVID-19 positive cases as of May 20, 2020.
The Navajo Nation received $600,559,530.10 from the coronavirus relief fund, according to tribal lawmakers.
The Mescalero Apache Tribe reported the first and second COVID-19 positive cases among residents of the reservation.
On May 20, 2020, five Indian Country organizations called for the resignation of Tara Sweeney as the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs.
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