The FBI has released a poster in the Navajo language offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the individual(s) responsible for the death of James Naswood.
The poster is the second the FBI has issued in Navajo. In March, the FBI released a poster in Navajo...
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Hitting the peak
The Navajo Nation faces the predicted peak of COVID-19Social distancing measures are working on the Navajo Nation, Dr. Loretta Christensen, the chief medical officer for the Navajo Area Indian Health Service, believes.
In a conference call with reporters that included Rear Adm. Michael Toedt, M.D.; the chief medical officer with IHS, Christensen praised Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez on the efforts to curb COVID-19 cases from climbing on the reservation.
“I do believe [safety measures] are working. I think we would have had a lot more volume, and positive patients if we hadn’t done the social distancing,” Christensen said.
“I think the continued message is to still...
Navajo Nation CARES Fund Act approved May 15
$600 million to benefit the Navajo PeopleWINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - The 24th Navajo Nation Council voted to approve the Navajo Nation CARES Fund Act on May 15 by a vote of 19 in favor, 4 opposed with the council speaker not voting.
The Act is a monumental shift in the Navajo Nation’s budgeting and procurement policies that lay the groundwork for allocating the more than $600 million in federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Stimulus Act funding received by the Nation the week of May 4.
The resolution of the Council will now be presented to the Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez for his signature to make the Act law.
“The action taken by the Navajo Nation Council to pass the...
RMCHCS granted $390k to create psychiatric program for Native Americans
GALLUP - Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services has received a $390,165.00 grant for a three-year initiative to develop a Psychiatric Care Program to serve Native Americans.
The funding is part of a million dollar grant provided by the New Mexico Human Services Department to develop its first Graduate Medical Education Program. The funds will enable the hospital to add three physicians yearly to fill the GME’s 12 new residency positions in New Mexico that will focus on addressing the region’s Native American behavioral health needs.
The program will require two years of psychiatric training in a major metropolitan area with inpatient psychiatric, neurology, geriatric...
The funding is part of a million dollar grant provided by the New Mexico Human Services Department to develop its first Graduate Medical Education Program. The funds will enable the hospital to add three physicians yearly to fill the GME’s 12 new residency positions in New Mexico that will focus on addressing the region’s Native American behavioral health needs.
The program will require two years of psychiatric training in a major metropolitan area with inpatient psychiatric, neurology, geriatric...
A definition in a law can result in dirty water
SANTA FE - Attorney General Hector Balderas joined a multistate coalition May 19 in filing a motion for a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s final rule redefining the “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act. The coalition argues that the rule should be enjoined pending the court’s decision on the coalition’s lawsuit in order to prevent widespread harm to national water quality and to avoid disruption to state and local water pollution control programs.“New Mexico’s heritage, economy, and family safety relies on access to clean water in our State,” Balderas said. “This attack on one of our most valuable and...
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