by NUNAverse | May 11, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
As the Trump administration continue to disperse the $8 billion in tribal relief funding from the CARES Act, Indianz.com writes that one of the biggest questions on Indian Country’s mind has been the distribution formula. In South Dakota, the Cheyenne...
by NUNAverse | May 8, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
The Navajo Nation controller’s office announced recently that they have received $600 million from the CARES Act Tribal Relief funds. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has begun to talk about relaxing their COVID-19 restrictions, the Guardian reports...
by NUNAverse | May 7, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
A group of more than 55 members of Congress came together to send a letter to Senate leadership urging the inclusion of additional funding for the Indian Health Service, Tribal Health Programs, and Urban Indian Health Organizations in future COVID-19 relief packages....
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...
