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Navajo Nation reports 1,745 recoveries, 100 new cases, and eight more deaths related to COVID-19 as 57-hour weekend lockdown nears

Total number of positive COVID-19 cases for the Navajo Nation has reached 5,044

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FCC grants Makah Tribe temporary spectrum access to 2.5 GHZ band to meet increased wireless broadband needs during COVID-19 pandemic

Temporary grant of authority effective for 60 days

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Arizona Indigenous Lawmakers call for investigation into faulty personal protection equipment sent to Navajo Nation

Nearly 250,000 breathing masks delivered earlier this month may not be suitable for medical use; another 130,000 masks are also possibly unusable

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Cherokee Nation announces $332 million 'COVID-19 Respond, Recover and Rebuild' spending plan for CARES Act funds

Plan will largely offset unbudgeted expenses due to coronavirus crisis

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Metropolitan Urban Indian Directors Group letter to Minneapolis Police regarding George Floyd

Collective of 30 American Indian organizations in the Twin Cities strongly condemns ongoing and systemic racist ideologies that continue to run strongly through the department

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Minnesota Legislative People of Color and Indigenous Caucus statement on the death of George Floyd

Caucus expresses its condemnation and outrage at the killing of Mr. George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis Police officer

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Montana Democrats roll out framework for permanent Native leadership within Montana Democratic Party, announce platform convention speakers

Representatives Deb Haaland and Sharice Davids, first Native women elected to Congress, to headline MDP platform convention

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Democratic candidate Noreen Kelly offers advice and assistance on voting and distributes close to 600 handmade masks throughout New Mexico Senate District 4

Kelly helping Navajo Nation residents

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Navajo Nation Council urges President Nez to sign Navajo Nation CARES Fund Act into law

The Council passed the Act at a special session held May 15, 2020

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Statement by Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Katharine T. Sullivan on Presidential Task Force listening sessions for Operation Lady Justice

Statement on Presidential Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives

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