by NUNAverse | May 6, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
The Treasury Department and the Department of the Interior have announced that they will begin distributing the CARES Act funds allocated to Indian Country, nearly six weeks after the CARES Act was signed into law and nine days after the April 26...
by NUNAverse | May 5, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
President Trump is heading to Arizona for a Native American roundtable to address the $8 billion of COVID-19 relief funding set aside for tribal governments. This comes on the heels of a statement from the Treasury and Interior Departments on the...
by NUNAverse | May 4, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
The New York Times reports that tribes are suing the Treasury Department amid Indian Country internal conflict for failing to provide the $8 billion allocated for tribal governments in the CARES Act. The House Committee on Natural Resources...
by NUNAverse | May 1, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
While six tribes have filed a fourth CARES Act lawsuit pushing the Treasury to distribute the $8 billion set aside for tribal governments, an Alaska Native corporation, Ahtna, has filed a motion to intervene four days after a federal...
by NUNAverse | Apr 30, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
Despite the fact that the CARES Act stipulates that the $8 billion allocated to tribes be distributed “not later than 30 days” after March 26, 2020, Native News Online reports that the Treasury Department has not released any of the funds. Yesterday, the...
