SHAWNEE TRIBE et al v. YELLEN et al

  1. October 04, 2023

    Judge Rejects Tribe's Bid To Halt Treasury COVID Funds

    The U.S. Department of the Treasury's disbursement of COVID-19 relief funds is out of the D.C. federal court's hands, a judge for the court ruled on Tuesday, rejecting a Kansas-based Native American tribe's request to pause the distribution until the agency explains why less-populous tribes received more funding per member.

  2. August 23, 2023

    Tribe Wants Treasury To Stop Disbursing COVID Funds

    The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation is asking a D.C. Circuit judge to stop the U.S. Department of the Treasury from disbursing remaining COVID-19 funds, saying the agency has yet to comply with an order instructing it to further explain how pandemic relief was calculated for the tribe.

  3. May 10, 2022

    Tribes Ask DC Circ. To Upend Treasury Win On Virus Funding

    The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida have urged the D.C. Circuit to overturn a decision backing the U.S. Department of the Treasury's calculation of COVID-19 relief funds to tribes, saying the department hadn't justified part of its approach that led to skewed payments to tribes.

  4. January 28, 2022

    Feds Snag Win In Tribal Challenge To COVID Fund Distribution

    A District of Columbia federal court on Friday handed a quick win to the U.S. Department of the Treasury in a challenge to its distribution of COVID-19 relief funds to Native American tribes, finding the agency had adequately fixed earlier errors in its allocation.

  5. July 12, 2021

    Tribal COVID Fund Distribution Was Fair, Feds Argue

    The federal government has defended its supplemental pandemic relief payouts to Native American tribes this year, saying it corrected flaws in the original allocation of resources outlined in D.C. Circuit court findings and directed the remainder of the money to those who need it the most.

  6. June 24, 2021

    Tribe Can't Make Gov't Set Aside Extra $4M In Pandemic Aid

    The U.S. Department of the Treasury won't have to set aside an additional $4 million in coronavirus relief money for the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation after a D.C. federal judge said the tribe's argument for putting the additional funds in reserve "makes little sense."

  7. June 10, 2021

    Kan. Tribe Says Treasury Must Set Aside More Pandemic Aid

    The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation has pressed a D.C. federal judge to set aside $4 million more in COVID-19 relief for the tribe, saying that figure is soundly based on the tribe's population and that the Treasury Department's stance against the request would undermine earlier court rulings.

  8. May 25, 2021

    Tribe Seeks $4M Increase For COVID-19 Relief Funds

    The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation has asked a D.C. federal judge to increase COVID-19 relief funds set aside for the tribe by roughly $4 million, arguing that the government didn't rely on accurate population data when determining the payment allocations.

  9. April 27, 2021

    No Immediate Payout Of COVID Relief Funds For Tribes

    The U.S. Department of Treasury won't have to dole out interim payments to tribes who are suing the agency over the amount of virus relief funds they were allocated, but it will have to set aside an additional $9.6 million to "ensure that the disputed funds are not dissipated."

  10. April 05, 2021

    Shawnee Tribe Seeks More Virus Funds After DC Circ. Ruling

    The Shawnee Tribe has asked a federal judge to order the U.S. government to give it a larger share of COVID-19 relief, saying the D.C. Circuit has reversed the judge's dismissal of the tribe's suit claiming it was denied a fair disbursement of coronavirus relief bill funds.