COVID-19 in Indian Country
Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-Arizona) led a bipartisan letter calling for dedicated funding for Indian Health Service, Tribal health programs, and Urban Indian Health Organizations (I/T/U) to recover from significant COVID-19 related losses.
Sen. Martha McSally (R-Arizona) introduced bipartisan legislation to boost health resources for urban Indian health organizations as the COVID-19 pandemic forces many to grapple with financial hardship and even close operations.
Cree artist Kent Monkman joins the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden for a discussion on colonization, sexuality, warfare, and resilience on May 13, 2020.
In the Hoporenkv Podcast, Krystal Cedeno and Wilma Noah, Training and Development Specialist of the Native Learning Center and Brandi Liberty, Owner of Morning Star Consulting, discuss details of the IHBG CARES funding.
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue applauded the safe reopening of critical infrastructure meatpacking facilities across the United States.
As rent comes due and bills continue to pile up, Americans desperately need assistance to financially survive this crisis.
The Department of the Treasury and IRS announced that nearly 130 million Americans have received Economic Impact Payments, worth more than $218 billion, in less than five weeks.
With a portion of the $8 billion coronavirus relief fund still going out to tribal governments, a federal judge will hear arguments in the CARES Act litigation at 1pm Eastern on May 8, 2020.
The Tribal COVID-19 Disaster Assistance Cost Share Relief Act would waive the cost-sharing requirement and grant 100 percent funding for all Indian Tribal governments.
The Department of the Treasury is in the process of distributing a portion of the $8 billion coronavirus relief fund to tribal governments.
The Indian Health Service has updated its coronavirus testing data, showing 4,614 COVID-19 cases within the system.
As tribes continue to battle the Trump administration for the coronavirus relief they were promised by their trustee, is there another CARES Act dispute brewing in America?
A federal judge is holding a scheduling conference in the CARES Act litigation at 1pm Eastern on May 7, 2020.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is calling for more money for tribal, urban Indian and federal Indian health programs to help them recover from significant COVID-19 related losses in revenue.
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Director of Emergency Management Nelson Andrews Jr and FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer Adam Burpee visit a historical Wetu at the tribe’s museum.
The Navajo Nation Office of the Controller notified the Office of the Speaker that the Navajo Nation has received $600 million in federal CARES Act funding for coronavirus relief efforts.
The White House has released three photos from the Native American roundtable that took place on May 5, 2020. The roundtable was held at a plant run by Honeywell International Inc. in Phoenix, Arizona. They show President Donald Tump, Vice President Myron Lizer of the Navajo Nation, Second Lady Dottie Lizer of the Navajo Nation and […]
Sen. Mike Rounds (R), Sen. John Thune (R) and Rep. Dusty Johnson (R) will host a joint telephone townhall for South Dakota on Wednesday, May 6, 2020.
The Office of Inspector General at the Department of the Interior on May 5, 2020, released a report titled "Where’s the Money? DOI Use of CARES Act Funds."
Arizona senior Senator Kyrsten Sinema urged Congressional leaders to include increased resources for water and sanitation projects for Tribal communities in future coronavirus relief legislation.
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