Steven T. Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury, Petitioner v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, et al.

  1. July 08, 2021

    Biggest Native American Rulings From The 1st Half Of 2021

    The U.S. Supreme Court handed down decisions on tribal police authority over non-Indians, Native American voting rights in Arizona, and Alaska Native corporations' eligibility for COVID-19 relief funds, while the full Fifth Circuit rejected a lower court's move to strike down the entire Indian Child Welfare Act.

  2. June 28, 2021

    'Unique' Alaska Key To Justices' Tribal COVID Funds Ruling

    The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to federally recognized tribes by ruling Alaska Native corporations are entitled to hundreds of millions of dollars in COVID-19 relief, but any broader effects may be constrained by the justices' insistence that the companies are distinct from sovereign governments, as well as a desire to keep treating Alaska as a special case in Indian law.

  3. June 25, 2021

    Justices Say Alaska Native Cos. Can Get Tribal COVID Funds

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned a D.C. Circuit decision that Alaska Native corporations can't receive part of $8 billion in COVID-19 relief funding, saying they qualify as "Indian tribes" under the CARES Act.

  4. April 21, 2021

    Tribes Say Alaska Natives OK If ANCs Denied COVID Funds

    Sixteen Native American tribes have told the U.S. Supreme Court that preserving a D.C. Circuit decision blocking Alaska Native corporations from receiving certain COVID-19 relief funding would not leave Alaska Natives short of health care and other services, after some justices showed concern on that score during oral arguments this week.

  5. April 19, 2021

    Newest Justices Worry About Alaska Natives In COVID Suit

    The U.S. Supreme Court's most recently appointed justices worried Monday about how leaving Alaska Native corporations out of federal COVID-19 funding could undermine the application of federal laws in Alaska and limit health care for Alaska Natives, potentially giving the corporations an edge in their bid for hundreds of millions of dollars to fight the pandemic.

  6. April 02, 2021

    Tribes, States Urge Justices To Reject Yellen's ANC Definition

    Five tribes, six states and one congressman urged the Supreme Court to uphold the D.C. Circuit's ruling that Alaska Native Corporations aren't tribal governments and shouldn't receive tribe-designated CARES Act funding, going against Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's interpretation.

  7. March 01, 2021

    CARES Act Ruling Endangers Alaska Natives, High Court Told

    An Alaska Native corporation urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to overturn a D.C. Circuit decision that ANCs can't have a share of $8 billion in COVID-19 relief meant for Native American tribal governments, saying the ruling could upend health services for Alaska Natives amid the pandemic.

  8. February 23, 2021

    Alaska Native Corps. Make COVID-19 Relief Case To Justices

    Alaska Native corporations are equivalent to tribes under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act and are due a cut of March 2020 pandemic relief funds set aside for tribes, a group of ANCs has told the U.S. Supreme Court.

  9. January 08, 2021

    Justices To Weigh Alaska Native Cos.' Claim To COVID-19 Aid

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to take up challenges by the federal government and Alaska Native corporations to a D.C. Circuit decision that the ANCs can't share in $8 billion in COVID-19 relief intended for Native American tribal governments.

  10. December 21, 2020

    Biggest Native American Rulings From The 2nd Half Of 2020

    Federally recognized tribes won a D.C. Circuit decision that Alaska Native corporations aren't eligible for certain COVID-19 funding, the U.S. Supreme Court cemented tribes' rights to reservations under their treaties, and two tribes had a hand in fighting against the federal government's effort to shorten the census.