COVID-19 in Indian Country
'Thank you for taking a sudden interest in the roads on the Cheyenne River Reservation,' Chairman Harold Frazier said to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Over the past few weeks, the New Mexico Indian Affairs Department has partnered with sister agencies to facilitate the delivery of essential supplies and services to Nations, Tribes, and Pueblos.
The prevalence of diagnosed diabetes in American Indian and Alaska Native adults decreased significantly from 2013 to 2017, according to a new study.
Two Indian inmates died of COVID-19 while in federal custody, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said in separate announcements. One was a Lakota woman who had just given birth.
Senator Tom Udall (D-New Mexico), vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, requested official reviews into the Trump administration’s handling of COVID-19 relief funding for Tribes.
The Indian Health Service has updated its coronavirus testing data, showing 3,106 COVID-19 positive cases within the system.
Members of the Navajo Nation Council expressed their congratulations to White House Senior Policy Advisor and Tribal Liaison Tyler Fish on his appointment to the White House Council on Native American Affairs.
The Great Plains Region is one of 12 Bureau of Indian Affairs Regions in the United States, encompassing nearly 25 percent of all Indian land owned by federally recognized tribes.
The federal judge assigned to the CARES Act lawsuit ordered the parties to submit a status report by May 1, 2020, following a landmark ruling affecting $8 billion in coronavirus relief promised to tribal governments.
The Indian Health Service has updated its coronavirus testing data, showing 2,974 COVID-19 positive cases within the system.
The White House Council on Native American Affairs will continue the important inter-agency coordination of the Indian Country COVID-19 Response Team assembled by the White House in early March.
'The Navajo Nation will continue to ensure that its legal resources are in the best position to challenge the distribution of CARES Act funding to Alaska Native Corporations,' said Speaker Seth Damon of the Navajo Nation Council.
'The Coronavirus Relief Fund we passed in the CARES Act is meant to ensure Tribal and Alaska Native governments have the resources they need to continue government services and save the lives of those in their community,' Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Arizona) said.
A federal judge has issued a decision in the closely-watched CARES Act lawsuit, barring the Trump administration from disbursing an $8 billion coronavirus relief fund to for-profit corporations.
Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Tara Sweeney announced an extension of the National Tribal Broadband Grant program (NTBG) grant application deadline.
Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) applauded the decision by the Federal Housing Finance Agency to allow the nation’s eleven Federal Home Loan Banks to accept Payment Protection Program loans as collateral.
Many Tribes depend on the businesses they own and operate to fund essential services in Indian Country because Tribal governments, unlike state and local governments, do not have a traditional tax base.
Rep. Greg Stanton urged President Donald Trump to take immediate action to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency local cost share to help the Navajo Nation fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Coronavirus outbreaks on tribal lands are largely ignored by the federal government, mainstream media, and case tracking web sites.
The Indian Health Service has updated its coronavirus testing data, showing 2,882 COVID-19 cases within the system.
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