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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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Zuni, N. M. — The Pueblo of Zuni announced today that it had received confirmation over the weekend that a tribal member passed away from the COVID-19 virus.
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Pinal County, Ariz. — Former Ak-Chin Indian Community Chairman Louis Manuel, Jr. passed away unexpectedly, the tribe announced on Monday. He was 57 years old, and a cause of death was not announced.
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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Beginning Friday, April 10 at 8:00 p.m. and lasting until Monday at 5:00 a.m., Navajo Nation will be under a 57-hour curfew to slow the spread of Dikos Nstaaígíí-19 (COVID-19) on the country’s largest Indian reservation.
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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — The Navajo Nation counted another 30 new COVID-19 cases Monday to reach of total 384 positive tested cases.
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