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Thursday Navajo Nation Covid-19 Update: 45 New Cases & 9 More Deaths
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — On Thursday, the Navajo Department of Health, in coordination with the Navajo Epidemiology Center and the Navajo Area Indian Health Service, reported 45 new Covid-19 positive cases for the Navajo Nation and nine more deaths. The total number of deaths remains 1,161 as of Thursday. Reports indicate that 16,054 individuals have recovered from Covid-19, and 243,703 Covid-19 tests have been administered. The total number of positive Covid-19 cases is now 29,655, including eight delayed reported cases.
#NativeNerd review: 'Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry'
Apple TV+ is releasing a world premiere documentary on one of the world's most famous new Grammy-winning artists
‘A new and better chapter’ in Washington
One of Indian Country’s largest legislative events brought big speeches and grand ideas from a new administration and federal officials
Evening briefs in Indian Country
Relax, here is the news from Thursday, Feb. 25
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium head resigns
The consortium is the largest tribal health organization in the U.S.
Indian Affairs Committee hears from Indigenous leaders
The Biden Administration's first Indian Affairs Committee hearing focused primarily on what the Native priorities are from tribal leaders in Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington D.C
Spokane Tribe Says Dams Block Fish And Destroy Culture
Indigenous family surviving COVID-19
On the show today Nicole Willis, Chickasaw Nation, tells her story about being affected by COVID-19. Aliyah Chavez is following this historic confirmation hearing for Interior Secretary Designate Deb Haaland
Feds Ask 2nd Circ. To Block Report On IHS Doctor Abuse
Mich. Gov.'s Bid To Stop Pipeline Won't Change Enviro Review
‘We Are Able to Protect Our People’: CEO of Haskell Indian Health Center Discusses COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
A local health center that serves American Indians and Alaska Natives is further along in the COVID-19 vaccine distribution process than Douglas County as a whole, due to the smaller population size the facility is serving. Haskell Indian Health Center is now serving all American Indians and Alaska Natives who are old enough to qualify to receive the COVID-19 vaccin
The post ‘We Are Able to Protect Our People’: CEO of Haskell Indian Health Center Discusses COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution appeared first on Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education.
More judges needed for ‘meaningful justice to all’
Judge Humetewa described how felonies committed on tribal lands are handled in federal district courts, often forcing parties to travel hundreds of miles from reservation lands to Phoenix to argue their case
DOT Secretary Buttigieg Builds Buzz For Biden's Transpo Plan
Northern Quebec artists among nominees at 1st International Indigenous Hip Hop Awards

Three Cree hip hop acts out of Quebec are up for several awards at the first International Indigenous Hip Hop Awards.
Navajo Nation reports 25 new COVID-19 cases
No additional deaths were reported
Punishing Bar Exam Policies On Menstrual Products Must Go
Thursday, February 25, 2021

Congresswoman Deb Haaland testifies during the second day of her confimration hearing for Secretary of the Interior. (Screenshot-Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources)
Senator Daines says he’ll vote against Deb Haaland for Interior Secretary Apache Stronghold files emergency appeal in fight to protect Oak Flat https://www.nativenews.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/nnn022521.mp3The post Thursday, February 25, 2021 appeared first on National Native News, by Antonia Gonzales.
Mayor of Terrace calls for ombudsperson's probe into Indigenous councillor's resignation

Mayor Carol Leclerc says she has asked the council to consider having an ombudsperson investigate its inclusivity, but Indigenous policy expert Ginger Gosnell-Myers says she doubts such an investigation would be useful.
Military arrives in Pimicikamak to help provide medical attention to COVID-19 cases

Members of the Canadian Armed Forces are now on the ground in Pimicikamak, helping the remote northern First Nation battle an outbreak of COVID-19.
COVID-19 tents, shacks turned into homes amid housing crisis in Eabametoong First Nation

Four canvas walls reinforced with plywood and two-by-fours, along with a few blankets and a wood stove, are Andrew Missewace's only defence against the bitter cold of northwestern Ontario, even when the temperature drops as low as -48 C.
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