COVID-19 in Indian Country
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The Gun Lake Casino and the Gun Lake Tribal Gaming Authority announced plans to resume operations in a phased re-opening starting 8am on Monday, June 8, 2020.

Harrah’s Cherokee Casinos announced that it will open to the public at 6am on May 28, 2020, in accordance with directives from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.

Members of Congress are seeking answers following reports that the Indian Health Service purchased $3 million of potentially substandard respirator masks from a company founded by a former White House aide and distributed those masks to Navajo Nation hospitals.

The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe and Royal River Casino & Hotel are excited to announce a partnership with WorkFORCE Occupational Health, a division of Sioux Falls Specialty Hospital to roll out comprehensive COVID-19 testing for all team members.

Please join the Native Americans for Community Action, the Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President, Diné Food Sovereignty Alliance, and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine for Cooking (and More!) to Combat COVID-19.

Don’t forget to join Lunchtime Chats with Tlingit & Haida! The topic for the May 28, 2020, session is Educational Assistance programs and services.

With tribes experiencing difficulties in submitting additional data for the $8 billion in coronavirus relief promised to them two months ago, the Department of the Treasury is giving them more time to do so.

The Kiowa Tribe will not use its CARES Act funding for per capita payments, Chairman Matthew M. Komalty said.

Until further notice, Sault Tribe team members will no longer see the premium for health, life and long-term disability deducted from their paychecks.

The Presidential Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives is resuming its public outreach to Indian Country, with the first virtual listening session taking place on May 27, 2020.

Ho-Chunk Gaming - Madison is pleased to announce the opening of selected gaming areas in phase one of our reopening and will continue to evaluate our strategy to maintain a safe environment for all.

The Winnebago Reservation now has had a total of sixteen positive cases of COVID-19. Of those sixteen cases, six individuals have recovered.

Learn the stories of how four tribal governments are using CARES Act funding to protect their communities and help them recover in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 'Broken Promises' report concluded that federal programs designed to support the social and economic wellbeing of tribal nations and Native peoples remain chronically underfunded and often inefficiently structured. That was before the pandemic.

The Indian Health Service has updated its coronavirus testing data, showing 9,719 COVID-19 positive cases as of May 25, 2020.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) and Rep. Deb Haaland (D-New Mexico) are calling on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to investigate the impacts of COVID-19 in Indian Country.

Christian Evangelist Franklin Graham visited the Navajo Nation to offer his support for COVID-19 response efforts for the Navajo people.

The total number of positive COVID-19 cases for the Navajo Nation has reached 4,842 as of May 26, 2020. nearly 1,600 have recovered from the coronavirus on the largest reservation in the United States.