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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
March 25, 2020
Indian Country, and virus legislation
(Continued from page 9)
But tribes remain uncer-
tain about the $40 million
authorized by H.R.6074, the
Coronavirus Preparedness
and Response Supplemen-
tal Appropriations Act.
The new law directs the
funds to be provided to the
Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention, which
has not yet informed Indian
Country of how soon the
money will be distributed
and in what form, whether
it be grants, or other meth-
ods.
The second legislative
package offers a bit more
certainty. H.R.6201, the
Families First Coronavirus
Response Act, puts $64 mil-
lion into the IHS budget to
cover the costs of COVID-
19 testing. The new law also
contains provisions to cover
the costs of COVID-19
testing when it takes place
under purchased/referred
care, which happens when
patients—like the ones in
the Navajo Area—are taken
to partner facilities outside
of the federal system. It
further provides $10 mil-
lion for programs that pro-
vide nutrition assistance to
elderly Native Americans.
With a third package in
the works, tribes and key
members of Congress are
working to ensure Indian
Country isn’t left out. The
overarching goal is to alle-
viate the huge financial pain
being seen as a result of the
closures of Indian gaming
establishments across the
nation.
“We cannot ignore the el-
evated risks faced by Indian
Country from this virus,“
National Congress of
American Indians Chief
Executive Officer Kevin
Allis, a citizen of the Forest
County Potawatomi Com-
The Plateau
Travel Plaza in
Madras is on NW
Cherry Lane, just
off Highway 26 in
the Jefferson County
Industrial Park.
At the Plateau
Travel Plaza it’s
business as usual for
fuel service, pro-
pane, game room
and retail operations
24 hours a day,
seven days a week.
Currently the Three
TeePees Café is only
doing take-out food.
You can call to place
an order for pick up
at 541-777-2826.
munity, said.
“The
federal
g overnment’s
chronic
underfunding of its treaty
and trust responsibilities to
American Indians and Alaska
Natives must end – lives are
at risk.”
“In the wake of the global
pandemic, tribal nations have
been left out of the conver-
sation.”
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