COVID-19 in Indian Country
The Department of the Treasury on June 4, 2020, posted a document titled 'Coronavirus Relief Fund: Frequently Asked Questions on Tribal Population.'
Tribes in a lawsuit against the Trump administration are once again calling for the distribution of the money remaining in the $8 billion coronavirus relief fund by an "immediate and definitive date."
On June 5, 2020, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights voted to take up two short-term projects, focused on studying the particular civil rights implications of the coronavirus pandemic.
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has agreed to update its 'Broken Promises' report to account for the impact of COVID-19 on Indian Country.
United National Indian Tribal Youth is preparing for the first general session of the upcoming 2020 National UNITY Virtual Conference. There is still time to register for the conference, which kicks off in just three weeks, on June 25.
The Indian Health Service has updated its coronavirus testing data, showing 12,072 COVID-19 positive cases as of June 3, 2020.
Diane Kennedy, a former employee of the Bureau of Indian Affairs who went home to the Seneca Nation to serve her people, passed away at the age of 71 due to COVID-19.
The total number of positive COVID-19 cases for the Navajo Nation has reached 5,730 as of June 4, 2020. More than 2,100 people have recovered from the coronavirus on the largest reservation in the United States.
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