Stories tagged: "US Tribes"

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Government Biden Awards Millions to Expand High-Speed Internet Access to Tribal Communities

Department of Commerce announces $146 million in awards through the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program, with another $1 billion in funding now available.

Araceli Cruz Araceli Cruz August 15, 2022 1:10 pm MST
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Climate Interior Secretary Deb Haaland Announces 16 Tribal Water Settlements Will Get $1.7 Billion

"I am grateful that Tribes, some of whom have been waiting for this funding for decades, are finally getting the resources they are owed," Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said.

Araceli Cruz Araceli Cruz February 23, 2022 10:43 am MST
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Coronavirus Tribes Are Finally Going to Get the $700 Million They Were Promised

The funds are part of an $8 billion pandemic relief package promised to the Tribes in late March, and were supposed to be distributed by April 26.

Alicia Barrón Alicia Barrón June 17, 2020 8:57 am MST
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Coronavirus Powwows Move Online to Keep Indigenous Communities Together

Many Indigenous communities are taking dance, art, stories, food, and song online as a way to come together during pandemic.

Jennifer Alvarez Dylan Simard May 20, 2020 10:02 am MST
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Arizona Tribes Are Still Waiting For Relief. This Judge Says Trump Administration Is Not ‘Twiddling Thumbs.’

Tribes, set to receive $8 billion in COVID-19 relief funding, had delays in payment by more than a week, and 40% of the money is still being withheld.

Associated Press Associated Press May 13, 2020 2:13 pm MST

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Coronavirus Tribes Are Still Getting Shortchanged in COVID-19 Relief

Tribes face barriers that include health, education, jobs, and housing -- all of which are exacerbated with the coronavirus pandemic.”

McKenzie Sadeghi, Cronkite News April 29, 2020 9:21 am MST
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Coronavirus Tribes—Not Corporations—Will Get COVID-19 Relief Starting Today

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta said federally recognized tribes could start receiving COVID-19 relief funding Tuesday, but not Alaska Native corporations.

Associated Press Associated Press April 28, 2020 8:47 am MST