COVID-19 in Indian Country
Sen. Martha McSally (R-Arizona) and Interior Secretary David Bernhardt met with Gila River Indian Community leadership and viewed their plans to safely reopen.

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 […]

Transcript of the Native American roundtable with President Donald Trump on May 5, 2020.


In a video message on March 25, 2020, Governor Stephen Roe Lewis of the Gila River Indian Community updated the tribe on coronavirus efforts. He said no new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed on the reservation in Arizona, following the first two that emerged earlier this week. Dr. Anthony Santiago, interim chief executive officer and chief […]

In a video message on March 24, 2020, Governor Stephen Roe Lewis of the Gila River Indian Community updated the tribe on coronavirus efforts on the reservation in Arizona. He said no new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed, following the first two that emerged earlier this week. He said both patients remain in isolation and […]

The Gila River Indian Community confirmed two positive COVID-19 cases on the evening of March 23, 2020. One patient is a Gila River citizen and the other is a citizen of “another federally recognized tribe,” according to a press release.   In a video posted on the evening of March 23, Gov. Stephen Roe Lewis […]