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SANTA FE, N.M. — The Pueblo of Pojoaque is stepping up to provide temporary quarantine housing for New Mexico tribal citizens who are awaiting test results for COVID-19 (novel coronavirus). The tribe will offer rooms at the Hilton Santa Fe Buffalo Thunder, in Pojoaque, N.M., just north of Santa Fe.
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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — On Wednesday evening, the Navajo Nation released numbers that show a worsening trend of those who has tested positively for the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus). There was an increase of 62 cases since Tuesday, which brings the total number of cases to 488 and trendign fast towards 500.
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ROCKVILLE, Md. — Patients who use the Indian Health Service (IHS) system can now have an appointment with a healthcare provider from the luxury of their own homes.
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LEMOORE, Calif. — While events across the United States have been cancelled following the COVID-19 outbreak, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (U.F.C.) plans to proceed with an April 18 pay-per-view fight on Tribal land in Central California. According to a story reported today by The New York Times, the U.F.C. event, originally booked at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, is now set for the Tachi Palace Casino Resort, which sits on land owned by the Tachi-Yokut Tribe, part of the Santa Rosa Indian Community.
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STILWELL, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation is mourning the passing of Karen Ketcher, the tribe’s self-governance director, due to complications with COVID-19 (novel coronavirus). A tribal citizen of the Cherokee Nation, Ketcher passed away on Monday, April 6. She was 70.
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PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATION — On Tuesday, Oglala Sioux Tribe President Julian Bear Runner issued an executive order for a 72-hour lockdown on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwest South Dakota. The executive order soon after an employee of the Red Cloud Indian School system’s COVID-19 test came back positive.
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TOHONO O’ODHAM NATION — “We have never been in this position before, in this lifetime,” Chairman Kevin DuPuis of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa cautioned.
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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — The Navajo Department of Health and Navajo Area Indian Health Service announced 42 new confirmed cases of coronavirus COVID-19 on Tuesday, April 7, which brought the Navajo Nation’s cumulative total to 426.
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PAGE, Ariz. — A 34-year old man in Northeastern Arizona was arrested Monday evening after he allegedly posted a Facebook message that encouraged readers to use lethal force and “shoot to kill” Navajo citizens.
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