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Navajo Nation has a higher coronavirus testing rate than Utah and most states
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"Economists at Harvard University’s Project on American Indian Economic Development sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on April 10, warning that without sufficient federal aid to tribes, the coronavirus outbreak could knock reservation...
Tribes and nearby communities take huge hits from COVID-19 casino shutdowns
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"Across the country, Harvard researchers said $15.9 billion in federal tax revenue and $9.4 billion in annual state and local tax revenue are in jeopardy with the COVID-19 closings. It stressed that federal officials should recognize self-determination...
Spirit Mountain, other tribal casinos take huge hit from coronavirus closures
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Research from the Harvard Project and Native Nations Institute about COVID-19 recovery efforts noted.
US job losses mount as economic pain deepens
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"The Harvard Project found in its study, released this week, that COVID-19 will affect 1.1 million jobs in tribal governments and economies. This impacts 211,000 Native people and 915,000 non-Native people who hold these jobs in tribal gaming and non...
Researcher Says Pandemic Will Have "Drastic" Impact On Reservation Economies
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"Economist Joseph Kalt is with Harvard University's Project on American Indian Economic Development. In a letter this week, he and his research partners urged U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to consider the needs of tribal nations while disbursing...
The impact of the pandemic on Native American communities
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" Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development researchers released the preliminary results of a study on the impact of the COVID‐19 crisis on the economies and governments of the country’s 574 federally‐recognized American Indian nations...
Harvard: If Feds Do Not Address Tribal Revenue, All Americans Will Suffer
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"The group of academics at Harvard’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation has sent Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin a letter about the allocation of COVID-19 relief funds to American Indian Tribes. The document outlines some key differences...
COVID-19 Resources for Indian Country
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"As the country responds to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the task before tribal nations is complicated by many unknowns. The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development recognizes the challenges native nations are up against and wants...
Harvard: COVID-19 Poses 'Immediate Threat' To Indian Country Economy
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"In a letter to U.S Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Harvard researchers said COVID-19 poses an "immediate threat" to three decades of steady improvement in economic conditions across Indian Country."
The COVID-19 hit to Indian Country is nearly $50 billion
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"Researchers Randall Akee, Eric Henson, Miriam Jorgensen and Joseph Kalt of the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development said new research shows that three decades of economic progress are at risk because of the virus and the economic...