MHA Covid-19 Task Force Services and MHA Wake-Funeral Protocols

On behalf of the MHA Covid-19 Task Force, due to the sharp increases in covid positive households on Ft. Berthold, and in enrolled households off the reservation, we would like to send out a notice to everyone who does not yet know that MHA Nation has established emergency aid services for those affected (Isolation and/or Quarantine). I'd like to provide a brief message on those services, which has been in place and activated since March 2020. 

These services are free to the public, optional, and implemented for the length of the pandemic. We have committed members who volunteer their time to provide the following services to those in need.

  1. Public Awareness

  2. Community Monitoring

  3. Isolation Center

  4. Distribution Aid Center

  5. Mass Testing

We provide timely updates and other relevant information to the community through social media, our members, KMHA, local newspapers, and our Segment Coordinator Group. Please see the MHA Covid-19 Task Force Facebook Page for more detailed information.

Please feel free to share this information out and if you are in need of assistance yourself, or know of someone who does, please encourage them to call 701-627-7300,  7 days a week 8am-8pm. to request assistance.

Since we are seeing a surge in emergency aid assistance requests along with the rise in cases, if you call and we do not immediately answer, please allow us 15 minutes to finish assisting the other household on the line and we will return your phone call. You are also able to leave a voicemail if you wish to do so and a time we can reach you if you have any other questions regarding other Task Force Services. 

If you have any questions, need clarifications on your testing health status, signs and symptoms of Covid-19, Isolation and Quarantine processes, testing schedules, please call

  • Elbowoods Memorial Health Center: 701-627-7641

  • Marilyn Yellow Bird, Director of Public Health: 701-627-7715

Here is the Wake-Funeral Protocols for reference as well. These protocols were created early into the tribes pandemic response efforts by our Elders. 

If you are interested in volunteering your time, skillsets to help our incident response, please contact me by cell or email.  We will continue to provide these services to those households in need, it is our goal to lighten their burdens as best we can, and will do so to the best of our capabilities.  Thank you for your continued support.