Confederated Tribes, et al v. Janet Yellen

  1. 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.

  2. October 23, 2020

    Alaska Native Cos. Ask Justices To Mull Tribal Virus Funding

    Alaska Native corporations have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a D.C. Circuit ruling that the companies can't share in $8 billion in tribal government funding to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the decision deprives Alaska Natives of aid while conflicting with the Ninth Circuit and longstanding agency treatment of the ANCs.

  3. September 25, 2020

    DC Circ. Says Alaska Native Cos. Can't Get COVID-19 Funds

    The D.C. Circuit ruled Friday that Alaska Native corporations can't share in $8 billion in tribal government funding to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, overturning a D.C. federal judge's ruling that ANCs were eligible for the CARES Act money.

  4. September 11, 2020

    DC Circ. Mulls Alaska Native Cos.' Place In Virus Fund Law

    The D.C. Circuit weighed competing approaches to reading key language in the CARES Act on Friday, as the judges tried to pin down whether Alaska Native corporations should share in $8 billion in tribal government funding to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, or if only federally recognized tribes should get the money.

  5. August 21, 2020

    Alaska Lawmakers Say Native Cos. Meant To Get Virus Funds

    Alaska's federal lawmakers have urged the D.C. Circuit to affirm a lower court ruling that Alaska Native corporations are eligible for a share in $8 billion in COVID-19 relief, saying Congress deliberately included the ANCs in the CARES Act's definition of "Indian tribes."

  6. August 18, 2020

    Mnuchin Tells DC Circ. Alaska Native Cos. Can Get Virus Relief

    Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin urged the D.C. Circuit on Tuesday to uphold a lower court's ruling that Alaska Native corporations are eligible to partake in the $8 billion of coronavirus relief earmarked for tribal governments, saying Congress clearly meant to include them when it passed the CARES Act.

  7. August 12, 2020

    Alaska Native Cos. Meet CARES Act Standard, DC Circ. Told

    Cook Inlet Region Inc. has urged the D.C. Circuit to uphold a lower court decision that it and other Alaska Native corporations are eligible for part of $8 billion in COVID-19 relief, saying they satisfy a key requirement in the CARES Act that was borrowed from a federal contracting law.

  8. August 06, 2020

    NCAI Tells DC Circ. Alaska Cos. Shouldn't Get COVID Funds

    The National Congress of American Indians and other tribal advocacy groups have urged the D.C. Circuit to rule that Alaska Native corporations are ineligible for part of $8 billion in COVID-19 relief under the CARES Act, saying the companies don't qualify as "tribal governments" under the law.