WaPo: “Covid-19 has been brutal in Indian country — just like past epidemics were”

Here.

Another Update on South Dakota Road Closure Controversy

From Above the Law, “South Dakota Governor Demands White House, DOJ, Interior, And Congress Crack Down On Reservation’s COVID Roadblocks.”

Letter is here.

HCN: “COVID-19 impacts every corner of the Navajo Nation”

Here.

Harvard Project/Native Nations Institute Report on CARES Act Distribution

Here.

PDF

Navajo Nation Doc: “Rural Matters — Coronavirus and the Navajo Nation”

From the New England Journal of Medicine, here.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

NYTs Op-Ed on Navajo and COVID

From Wahleah Johns, “A Life on and Off the Navajo Nation: The reservation has one of the country’s highest rates of infection.”

Op-Ed on Tribal Health Checkpoints in South Dakota

Here is “Alexander Mallory: Tribes have full legal authority to use checkpoints to safeguard health.”

Previous post here.

Morning Ireland: “Navajo Nation thanks Ireland for Covid 19 donations”

Here, featuring Navajo AG Doreen McPaul.

You can visit the Navajo donation page here nndoh.org/donate.html.

FB Page here: https://www.facebook.com/Navajo-Nation-Covid-19-Relief-Fund-105664894478899/

Original thank you video: https://www.facebook.com/105664894478899/videos/282938079772471/

 

 

NYTs: “Tribal Nations Face Most Severe Crisis in Decades as the Coronavirus Closes Casinos”

Here.

Federal Court Finds Treasury Delay in Disbursing CARES Act Funds Not Egregious Enough to Merit an Order to Disburse Immediately

Here is the order in Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Mnuchin (D.D.C.):

29 DCT Order

Prior posts here.