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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Total confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Navajo Nation reached 1,197 as reported on Saturday evening, an increase of 70 from Friday.
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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — The total confirmed cases of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) has grown to 1,127 on the Navajo Nation. Just one month ago, on March 17, the first two cases were announced. From Thursday to Friday, the cases grew by 85.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Even before the first confirmed COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) case was identified in Indian Country, Native News Online was committed to providing informative coverage of the unfolding impact of the deadly virus on our tribal communities.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Last month, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the organizers of the Gathering of Nations to cancel the 2020 powwow.
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WASHINGTON — Six federally recognized tribes, including three from Alaska, filed a federal lawsuit today against Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin today, asking that the court stop him from distributing any of $8 billion in tribal relief funds to 230 for-profit corporations incorporated in Alaska.
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WASHINGTON — Tribal leaders and Indian Country advocates are calling on federal agencies to ensure that an $8 billion Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) is paid only to Tribal governments and not for-profit corporations. They’re also demanding that Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Tara Sweeney recuse herself from the process.
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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — With the number of COVID-19 cases growing on the Navajo Indian Reservation, Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Mryon Lizer signed a new Public Health Emergency Order, extending the 57-hour weekend curfew for two additional weekends in the month of April. The order also requires essential businesses to close down during weekend curfews due to community spread of COVID-19.
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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Coronavirus cases across the Navajo Nation have reached 1,042 confirmed, with 41 deaths, according to numbers supplied by the Navajo Department of Health and Navajo Area Indian Health Service, in coordination with the Navajo Epidemiology Center on Thursday evening.
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WASHINGTON — In an exchange of words on Twitter Thursday, Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D–N.Y.) and Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary Tara Sweeney sparred over $8 billion that Congress designated for American Indian tribes in the CARES Act.
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