COVID-19 in Indian Country
'We are the Ceremony: Paths Forward to Healing: Spiritual and Food Sovereignty': The Native Organizers Alliance invites you to a virtual storytelling circle.

Miniature therapy horses are bringing cheer to residents of a senior care facility during the COVID-10 pandemic.

Three semi-trucks of full of much-needed supplies for communities ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic have been delivered to the Navajo Nation. The effort was coordinated by the Phoenix Indian Center in Arizona.

The HEROES Act includes $64 million for urban Indian health organizations.

Good Medicine Comedy will hold a fundraiser on May 22, 2020, to bring audiences some much-needed comedic relief all while raising money for tribal communities impacted by COVID-19.

On Monday, May 18, 2020, at 3:30 PM EDT the U.S. Department of the Treasury will join NAFOA and NCAI for a forum discussion on the Coronavirus Relief Fund.

On the show: Journalist, organizer, and founding executive director of Crushing Colonialism Jen Deerinwater, Miwok journalist and community organizer Desiree Kane, and journalist and community builder Johnnie Jae.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Native American Journalists Association has postponed the 2020 National Native Media Conference until 2021.

The Auntie Project: Native Women of Service launched a new initiative—the Navajo Nation Covid-19 Family Relief Effort.

The HEROES Act is a step in the right direction by providing $1.5 billion to address the 'digital divide,' the National Education Association and the National PTA says.

IllumiNative announced the launch of its New Native American Education For All (NEFA) initiative to deliver free digital lesson plans and activities for distance learning in response to COVID-19.

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer thank everyone who coordinated efforts to provide bags of cat and dog food to help Navajo families during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Oyate Health Center in Rapid City, South Dakota reported 12 new positive cases of COVID-19 over the past week.

'We implore our lower 48 tribal partners: it is time to stop efforts that divide us. We must work together to fight this global pandemic,' Alaska Native corporations said.

Representatives from the Department of Education and the Institute of Museum and Library Services will join our call to discuss resources offered for schools and libraries through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

NAFOA is keeping you informed as you adjust to changing times.

One of South Dakota’s most heralded healthcare icons has written an op–ed urging Governor Kristi Noem to rethink her oppositional stance to COVID-19 highway checkpoints on tribal lands.

Running Strong for American Indian Youth delivered 44,200 pounds of shelf stable food to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.

The Phoenix Indian Center is collecting donations of much-needed supplies – from diapers and bottled water to medical masks and cleansers – to deliver to the Navajo Nation.

We must listen to health experts and educators on how and when to reopen schools, the National Education Association says.