COVID-19 in Indian Country
The Indian Health Service has updated its coronavirus testing data, showing 2,726 COVID-19 cases within the system.
Three Indian nations whose businesses were excluded from the first round of the Paycheck Protection Program filed suit against the Trump administration on April 23, 2020.
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Tribal leaders, tribal governments, businesses and other tribal stakeholders are invited to participate in a teleconference focusing on Round 2 of the Paycheck Protection Program.
The Indian Health Service has updated its coronavirus testing data, showing 2,528 cases within the system.
Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ) announced that small tribal gaming enterprises under 500 employees can now apply for financial relief through the Payment Protection Program, a move welcomed by tribal leaders.
The Indian Health Service has updated its coronavirus data, showing 2,322 COVID-19 positive cases within the system.
'We appreciate the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Small Business Administration for working with us to allow Indian gaming enterprises to participate in the Paycheck Protection Program.'
Following calls from Senator Kyrsten Sinema, the Treasury Department and the Small Business Administration reversed course and made administrative changes to allow Tribal gaming operations to apply for and receive Paycheck Protection Program funding.
Senator Martha McSally (R-AZ) announced that small tribal gaming enterprises under 500 employees can now apply for financial relief through the Payment Protection Program.
Native American Bank has supported applications for nearly $16 million in Paycheck Protection Program funding to alleviate the COVID-19 health and economic crisis in Indian Country.
The Small Business Administration on April 24, 2020, updated guidance for the Paycheck Protection Program, ensuring participation from small tribal gaming operations.
The Trump administration has determined that Alaska Native corporations can receive shares of the $8 billion coronavirus relief fund promised to tribal governments. In a brief filed at a 5pm Eastern deadline, government attorneys said the Department of the Treasury finally resolved the question that has been on everyone’s minds since the controversy blew up […]
The Indian Health Service has updated its coronavirus testing data, showing 2,124 COVID-19 positive cases within the system.
Join Native America Calling at 1pm Eastern on April 23, 2020, for a discussion on COVID-19 relief promised to tribes. Scheduled guests include Chairman Harold Frazier of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe andChief Mike Williams of the Akiak Native Community. Both tribes are suing the Trump administration over the handling of an $8 billion coronavirus […]
The Indian Health Service has updated its coronavirus testing data, showing 1,915 COVID-19 positives in the system.
The federal judge assigned to the tribal #CARESAct lawsuit has scheduled a new hearing in the case in light of the Trump administration's attempts to delay paying Indian Country its share of an $8 billion coronavirus relief fund.
The Trump administration still doesn't know how it's going to distribute an $8 billion coronavirus relief fund to Indian Country, just days before payments are supposed to go out.
The coronavirus is exposing longstanding vulnerabilities that our Alaska Native communities have faced for years.
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar congratulated Michael Weahkee for being confirmed as the new director of the Indian Health Service.
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