CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE CHEHALIS RESERVATION et al v. MNUCHIN

  1. May 01, 2020

    Alaska Native Corp. Looks To Step Into Tribes' Virus Aid Fight

    An Alaska Native regional corporation has moved to intervene in tribes' consolidated fight to stop any amount of the $8 billion in direct tribal funding for COVID-19 pandemic relief from going to such companies, after a D.C. federal judge preliminarily prevented U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin from sending them a share.

  2. April 27, 2020

    Virus Funding For Tribes Blocked From Alaska Native Corps.

    A D.C. federal judge handed a group of tribes a major win Monday by preventing the Treasury Department from sending any of $8 billion in funding to fight the COVID-19 pandemic to Alaska Native corporations, but stopped short of awarding federally recognized tribes all the money.

  3. April 24, 2020

    DC Judge Leery Of Large ANC Share In Tribal COVID-19 Funds

    A D.C. federal judge said Friday he would be "stunned" if the Treasury Department took the position that Alaska Native Corporations could receive a large chunk of $8 billion in COVID-19 funding for tribal governments, and seemed concerned that tribes might lose the chance to challenge such a distribution.

  4. April 24, 2020

    Tribes, Alaska Cos. Spar Over Qualifying For COVID-19 Funds

    Alaska Native Corporations clashed with federally recognized tribes and tribal organizations in D.C. federal court briefs over whether the companies' role in helping Alaska Native communities weather the COVID-19 crisis entitles them to a share in $8 billion in funding.

  5. April 23, 2020

    Feds Say Alaska Native Corps. Can Tap Tribal COVID-19 Fund

    Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told a D.C. federal judge Thursday that Alaska Native Corporations can claim a share of $8 billion in funding for tribal governments fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, saying it would be unfair to cut them out in favor of federally recognized tribes.

  6. April 22, 2020

    Feds Won't Send Tribes COVID-19 Money Before Tuesday

    The Treasury Department won't start delivering $8 billion to tribes battling the COVID-19 pandemic until Tuesday at the earliest — missing a Sunday deadline — and still hasn't decided if Alaska Native Corporations should share in that money, the government told a D.C. federal judge on Wednesday.

  7. April 20, 2020

    Tribes Say Alaska Native Cos. Can't Get COVID-19 Funds

    A group of federally recognized tribes urged a D.C. federal judge Monday to block any of the $8 billion allocated for tribes combating the coronavirus from going to Alaska Native corporations, saying the Treasury Department is planning to illegally send "desperately needed funds" meant for tribal governments to the for-profit companies.

  8. April 17, 2020

    Tribes Sue To Stop COVID-19 Money For Alaska Native Corps

    Six tribes hit Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin with a lawsuit Friday in D.C. federal court over the department's plan to give Alaska Native Corporations funding meant for tribal governments to fight the coronavirus, saying that the funding is a zero-sum game and that the corporations' share could cost federally recognized tribes billions of dollars.