Native American communities across the country are pressing the federal government for more resources to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.
In the meantime, tribal leaders are suspending travel off some reservations, closing casinos and hotels, instituting curfews in some places and strongly urging their citizens to protect the elderly.
Tribes recently were included in a federal funding package for epidemiology, infection control, education and other things.
But tribal leaders said the $40 million is not enough. The federal Indian Health Service said it's talking with tribes to determine how best to dole out the money.
