COVID-19 in Indian Country
Bureau of Indian Education-operated schools across the United States will have a uniform start date of September 16 for the 2020-2021 school year.

The Federal Communications Commission’s first-ever spectrum priority filing window for rural Tribes closed September 2, 2020.

A diverse panel of Congressional and tribal leaders will look ahead and discuss how Congress might come together on a bipartisan basis to enhance support for Indian Country’s pandemic recovery efforts.

The Department of the Treasury Office of Inspector General has issued Coronavirus Relief Fund Frequently Asked Questions Related to Reporting and Recordkeeping (OIG-CA-20-028).

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded a total of $100 million to Tribes as part of HUD’s Indian Community Development Block Grant Imminent Threat program (ICDBG-CARES).

Please join the International Indian Treaty Council for another COVID-19 webinar.

The Indian Health Service has updated its coronavirus data, showing 42,085 COVID-19 cases as of September 1, 2020.

The total number of positive COVID-19 cases for the Navajo Nation is now 9,847 as of September 2, 2020. The tribe has confirmed over 7,100 coronavirus recoveries on the largest reservation in the United States.