6 ViewsAs the U.S. government prepares to execute Lezmond Mitchell, the only Native American man on federal death row, the leaders of the Navajo Nation have asked President Trump to reduce Mitchell’s sentence to life imprisonment.
7 ViewsALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — After months of being in the triple digits for COVID-19 cases, the Navajo Nation is on a downward trend. The nation once had the highest infection rate in the country, but now the nation is reporting some of the lowest numbers since the pandemic hit with
8 ViewsSHIPROCK, N.M. (AP) — Authorities on the largest Native American reservation in the U.S. are warning people against illegally growing marijuana and hemp.
7 ViewsGALLUP, N.M. — A grassroots effort to get N-95 masks to health care workers on the frontlines of COVID-19 has really taken off. Health care workers on the Navajo Nation are getting 10,000 masks.
10 ViewsThe Indian Health Service acknowledged on Wednesday that 1 million respirator masks it purchased from a former Trump White House official do not meet Food and Drug Administration standards for “use in healthcare settings by health care providers.”
5 ViewsALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — For weeks, the coronavirus has wreaked havoc on the Navajo Nation, but now the president announced some positive news. Tuesday Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez said the curve is flattening out on the nation.
11 ViewsFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A presidential task force charged with addressing an epidemic of missing and slain Native Americans is resuming listening sessions.
8 ViewsALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Navajo Department of Health reported 105 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death Monday. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases for the Navajo Nation has reached 4,794 with 157 deaths.
3 ViewsWINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation has extended an executive order declaring a state of emergency and government closures to June 7 in an attempt to minimize the spread of the coronavirus.
9 ViewsA GoFundMe fundraiser was organized on behalf of the Rural Utah Project Education Fund to raise money for groceries, water, health supplies, and other necessary items in these Native communities. And this week, they have received a huge influx of donations from a seemingly unlikely source—Ireland.
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