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The Navajo and Hopi Families COVID-19 Relief Fund was established on March 15 by former Navajo Nation Attorney General Ethel Branch. The Relief Fund provides aid to elders raising their grandchildren, struggling families, single parents, and those with compromised immune systems. [21]
In 2015, Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye appointed Branch as the 11th Attorney General of the Navajo Nation. She served in this capacity from 2015 through 2019. [ 3 ] As Attorney General, Branch oversaw the legal work involved with the 2015 Gold King Mine waste water spill , as well then-President Trump's attempt to revoke and replace ...
In June 2020, Native Americans in New Mexico accounted for 57% of COVID-19 infections, while representing 11% of the state's population. [16] In October 2020, Navajo Nation had the highest death rate from COVID-19 than any state in the nation, with 560 deaths and Native Americans in Wyoming accounted for 30% of COVID-19 deaths in the state. [8]
Teams that included Navajo police officers reported making contact with more than 270 Native Americans, the majority of them Navajo, Branch said. Many tribal members accepted offers to stay in m
The Navajo Department of Health had recorded a total of 1,392 confirmed COVID-19 deaths. Navajo Nation president pleads with residents to mask up, vaccinate amid new cases: ‘We must work together’
Sep. 4—During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government began approving hundreds of millions of emergency relief dollars for New Mexico schools to help them through the crisis.
During the COVID-19 pandemic in the Navajo Nation, she played a key role in securing hardship assistance payments for Navajo citizens, a move that faced significant opposition within the council. [1] In 2022, she described this as one of the toughest political challenges she had faced.
Navajo Nation officials have contacted the Department of Homeland Security, the governors of Arizona and New Mexico, and ICE to address the reports, the Office of Navajo President Buu Nygren said ...