CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE CHEHALIS RESERVATION et al v. MNUCHIN

  1. August 03, 2020

    Judge Asks If 'Zero-Sum' COVID-19 Fund Has Room For Tribe

    A D.C. federal judge has raised concerns about claims that the government owes the Shawnee Tribe more coronavirus relief funds, stating in a Monday status conference that the only funds left for allocation are a contested pot of money originally allocated for the Alaska Native corporations.

  2. July 30, 2020

    Biggest Native American Rulings From The 1st Half Of 2020

    The Muscogee (Creek) Nation scored a landmark victory with the U.S. Supreme Court's decision that the tribe's Oklahoma reservation endures, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and others earned an order to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline, and a Washington tribe beat BNSF in a Ninth Circuit oil shipping dispute.

  3. July 08, 2020

    Tribes Nab Hold On COVID-19 Funding For Alaska Native Cos.

    A D.C. federal judge has blocked the Treasury Department from sending Alaska Native corporations a share of $8 billion in COVID-19 relief for tribal governments, saying the D.C. Circuit should first be given the chance to weigh his recent decision to let the companies have the funds.

  4. July 06, 2020

    Tribes Say Alaska Native Cos. Must Wait For COVID Funds

    Several federally recognized tribes have pressed a D.C. federal judge to block the Treasury Department from sending Alaska Native corporations part of $8 billion in COVID-19 relief, saying the court's recent decision in favor of the companies recognized that there are tough questions to be dealt with on appeal and that the language of the relief law backs the tribes.

  5. July 02, 2020

    Feds, Alaska Native Corps. Urge No More Blocks On Virus Aid

    The Treasury Department has urged a D.C. federal judge to let Alaska Native corporations receive their portion of $8 billion in COVID-19 relief, saying the only legal support that federally recognized tribes have to try to prevent the money being distributed is an earlier injunction the judge recently discarded.

  6. June 29, 2020

    Alaska Native Cos. Can Get Part Of $8B COVID Fund

    A D.C. federal judge has ruled that Alaska Native corporations should share in $8 billion of COVID-19 relief for tribal governments, lifting an injunction he'd put in place when he thought federally recognized tribes were likely to win their bid to block funding to the corporations.

  7. June 12, 2020

    DC Judge Struggles To Define Tribal Gov't In Virus Aid Fight

    The D.C. federal judge who will decide whether Alaska Native corporations are eligible to walk away with a chunk of the $8 billion set aside to fight COVID-19 in Native communities admitted Friday that he was struggling to wrap his head around what constitutes a tribal government.

  8. June 05, 2020

    Groups Tilt Over Alaska Native Cos.' Part In COVID Funding

    The National Congress of American Indians and other groups have told a D.C. federal judge that Alaska Native corporations are not tribal governments entitled to share a pot of COVID-19 relief funds, while the Alaska Federation of Natives said the companies deserve part of the money to support their work for Alaska Natives during the pandemic.

  9. June 01, 2020

    Tribes, Treasury Seek Wins In COVID-19 Funding Row

    The Treasury Department and federally recognized tribes have asked a D.C. federal judge for quick wins in the tribes' suits against the government seeking to block Alaska Native corporations from receiving millions of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief, battling over whether the companies qualify for the funds under the CARES Act.

  10. May 06, 2020

    More Alaska Native Corps. Want In On Virus Aid Fight

    An Alaska Native regional corporation and five village corporations moved Tuesday to intervene in the fight by tribes to stop any of the $8 billion in direct tribal funding for COVID-19 relief from going to such companies.