Issues Affecting Native American Communities During the COVID-19 Crisis

Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Time: 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. EDT (2 p.m. CDT)

Format:Free non-CLE Webinar

Sponsor:ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice

Co-Sponsors: ABA Coalition on Racial and Ethnic Justice, ABA Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence, ABA Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights and Responsibilities, ABA Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, ABA Criminal Justice Section,ABA Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division,ABA Section of Litigation, ABA Section of State and Local Government Law, ABA Senior Lawyers Division, ABA Tribal Courts Council 

DESCRIPTION:

The COVID-19 crisis is affecting Native American tribes and urban communities in ways that are unique to this population in terms of health challenges, economic impact and legal issues.  This webinar will discuss how Native Americans are being impacted through this crisis both from a health perspective and an economic perspective. This webinar will be segmented into three parts: (1) First, there will be discussion of the provisions in the stimulus packages that are directed to Native communities; (2) Second, the panelists will discuss the unique health and operational challenges in both rural and urban Native communities; and (3) Finally, this webinar will address the economic and legal impact both in the short-term and long-term in tribal communities.

Welcome Remarks:

• Judy Perry Martinez – President, American Bar Association; Of Counsel, Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn

Speakers:

• Kevin Allis – Chief Executive Officer, National Congress of American Indians 
• Katherine Belzowski – Senior Attorney, Litigation and Employment Unit, Navajo Nation Department of Justice
• Stacy Bohlen – Executive Director, National Indian Health Board
• Elizabeth Coronado – Staff Attorney, Health and Human Services, Lummi Indian Business Council
• Jerilyn LeBeau Church – Chief Executive Officer, Great Plain Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board   
• Dr. Charles W. Grim – Secretary of Health, Chickasaw Nation Department of Health
• Virginia Hedrick – Executive Director, California Consortium for Urban Indian Health
• Naomi Miguel – Professional Staff, House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States 
• Bryan T. Newland – President, Bay Mills Indian Community of Michigan 

Moderator:

• Mary L. Smith – Secretary, American Bar Association; Past President, National Native American Bar Association

Register HERE:https://americanbar.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XqItgnjrQUy8cDtqSj5VJg

Read the press release: Forthcoming

Check out the website: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/events_cle/program-archive/covid-native-americans/