
Round Valley Tribes Reimplements Emergency Declaration Because of COVID
Redheaded Blackbelt Kym Kemp – In mid-March 2020 the Round Valley Indian Tribes declared a State of Emergency due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Out ...

Navajo Nation issues vaccine mandate for tribal workers; 80 percent already vaccinated
Associated Press NHO News – WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — All Navajo Nation executive branch employees will need to be fully vaccinated against the ...

Many states don’t consistently track tribal death data, masking COVID-19 impact on Native Americans, study finds
Yahoo News USA Today – Abigail Echo-Hawk, a member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, has lost six fellow Native loved ones to COVID-19 ...

Tribes were often overlooked in COVID-19 vaccine trials, frustrating Indigenous leaders
AZ Central Science – An email. That's how Moderna, an American biotechnology company, asked the Hualapai Tribe about participating in its COVID-19 vaccine trial ...

Hundreds of Epidemiologists Expected Mask-Wearing in Public for at Least a Year
The New York Times TheUpShot – The C.D.C. said Thursday that vaccinated Americans no longer needed masks in most places. Other disease experts recently ...