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A security checkpoint at the entrance to the Gila River Hotels & Casinos Vee Quiva location shows the property is closed due to the coronavirus Friday, March 20, 2020, in Laveen, Ariz. Native American tribes across the U.S. have been closing their properties, with all casinos in the Phoenix metro area closing down. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

A security checkpoint at the entrance to the Gila River Hotels & Casinos Vee Quiva location shows the property is closed due to the coronavirus Friday, March 20, 2020, in Laveen, Ariz. Native American tribes across the U.S. have been closing their properties, with all casinos in the Phoenix metro area closing down. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

March 29, 2020

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Tribes say persistent efforts pay off in massive stimulus
March 29, 2020 1:42 a.m.

Tribes say persistent efforts pay off in massive stimulus

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The sweeping bill that President Donald Trump signed will help better equip health care systems that serve Native Americans, improve the emergency response time on tribal lands, provide economic relief for tribal members, and help with food deliveries to low-income families and the elderly.