[August 21, 2020]

Estimated acreage targeted for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: 1.5M 

Percentage of US registered voters polled in 2017 who oppose drilling the ANWR: 70%

Total acreage Iñupiat-owned Arctic Slope Regional Corp has rights to drill: 92K

Total feet of water Greenland’s 2019 ice melt would cover California: 4

Exact fishing boundary in feet Metlakatla Indian Community is suing Alaska over: 3K

Total SCOTUS cases the late Slade Gorton argued including a fiery fishing rights suit: 14

Total days until Lezmond Mitchell’s execution, called a “insult to Navajo sovereignty”: 5

Total years a Native inmate spent in a men’s ward before a female sex-change surgery: 8

Number of US-trans inmates to receive court-ordered gender reassignment surgery: 1

Ratio of disproportionate COVID-19 cases among Natives compared to whites: 3.5

Estimated amount the CDC will add to Indian Country’s COVID-19 budget: $200M

Number of months tribes have waited to receive the remaining 40% of CARES Act aid: 5

Total lawsuits filed (and some failed) by tribes against US Treasury over delayed fund: 6

Total weeks the Navajo Nation enforced a stay-at-home virus order before lifting it: 21

Price for a six-pack of the controversial Code Talker Pale Ale: $12