[December 5, 2020]

Total record-breaking Covid-19 deaths in the US in a single day: 3,157

Number of days the CDC shortened the recommended 2-week quarantine time: 10 

Number of Native Americans named to Biden’s Covid-19 Advisory Board: 1

Total positive Covid-19 cases in Indian Health Service coverage areas as of 12/3: 111,144

Highest percentage of all IHS Covid-19 cases, and in the Great Plains: 21%

Percentage of Native Americans of the overall South Dakota population: 9%

Percentage of Covid-19-related deaths in SD who are Native American: 15%  

Number of coronavirus related deaths across Cheyenne River Reservation, SD: 21

Total days behind the tribe’s Tiyata Owanzilla Unpo lockdown: 10 

Percentage of virus-infected inmates at Alaska’s Goose Creek Correctional Center: 46%

Total number of inmates infected: 581

Percentage of Alaska Native male inmates at Goose Creek in 2014: 34.7%

Total Alaska Native male population over 18 in Alaska: 15%

Total Alaska Native male population in Alaska’s state prisons: 37% 

Percentage discount to buy Tanka Bars for Linda Black Elk’s #FoodKitsForElders: 20%