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Native America Calling: June in the news (June 29, 2021)
Join Native America Calling for its monthly recap of the top news in Indian Country, including the announcement of the Indian boarding school investigation. 
Alaska Native corporations will finally be able to receive COVID-19 funds after the nation’s highest court ruled in their favor in one of the most heated Indian law and policy disputes in decades.
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of Chehalis Reservation on June 25, 2021.
The nation’s highest court has unanimously sided with tribal sovereignty in one of two Indian law cases on the docket.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is taking another look at the ways in which COVID-19 has impacted Native communities.
Native America Calling: April in the news (April 30, 2021)
The fate of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal coronavirus relief money is now in the hands of the nation’s highest court. Learn more on the monthly Native news recap! 
Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation (April 20, 2021)
The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, a dispute over COVID-19 funding in Indian Country. 
Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation (April 19, 2021)
The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, No. 20-543, on April 19, 2021. 
Indian Country nearly locked out of U.S. Supreme Court hearing (April 19, 2021)
Infighting among tribal attorneys led the nation’s highest court down an unusual path on the eve of arguments in a closely-watched COVID-19 case. 
SCOTUSBlog: Supreme Court takes up COVID-19 dispute (April 19, 2021)
Are Alaska Native corporations the same as Indian tribes? The nation’s highest court is poised to answer the question.
The nation’s highest court has taken up its first Indian law case of the term, with ensuring public safety on reservations at the forefront.
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (March 15, 2021)
NAFOA stays on top of the news so you always start your week informed and ready. 
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (March 1, 2021)
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Native American Contractors Association hosts virtual conference (February 16, 2021)
The Native American Contractors Association will hear from Secretary of the Interior nominee Deb Haaland and other key members of Congress this week. 
U.S. Supreme Court sets oral argument in ‘bad men’ treaty rights case (February 4, 2021)
Tribal nations were concerned about “bad men” when they negotiated treaties. Will the U.S. Supreme Court uphold those promises? 
With one of the debacles of the Donald Trump era still raging in the courts, Indian Country will be paying close attention as the Department of the Treasury gains new leadership.
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (January 11, 2021)
NAFOA is hitting the ground running in 2021 to keep tribes informed and supported. 
Deb Haaland tapped for Cabinet by President-elect Joe Biden (December 17, 2020)
In a historic first, Deb Haaland, one of the first two Native women to serve in the U.S. Congress, has been tapped to serve in the incoming Joe Biden administration. 
State of Alaska backs Native corporations in COVID-19 dispute (November 5, 2020)
The state of Alaska is siding with Native corporations over tribal governments in a closely-watched COVID-19 case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. 
COVID-19 funding dispute heads to Trump’s Supreme Court (November 3, 2020)
With the nation’s highest court stacked with even more conservative justices, tribes are once again paying close attention to a COVID-19 funding dispute they thought was over. 
Indian Country Today: Alaska Native corporations mean business (October 5, 2020)
Alaska Native corporations top a list of Alaska-owned businesses ranked by gross revenues. 
It’s been over six months since Congress set aside $8 billion in COVID-19 relief for Indian Country. The battle over the funds is still not over.
Native Sun News Today: Tribal nations win ruling in COVID-19 funding dispute (September 30, 2020)
In the most recent about-face on CARES Act funding for Alaska Native corporations, a federal appeals court panel ruled that they are not eligible for any of the $8 billion in pandemic relief. 
Appeals court sides with tribes in COVID-19 funding dispute (September 25, 2020)
Alaska Native corporations are not entitled to shares of the $8 billion coronavirus relief fund, a federal appeals court ruled in a closely-watched case. 
Coronavirus Relief Fund allocations for tribal governments (September 24, 2020)
Indianz.Com is publishing the payments made to tribes from the $8 billion coronavirus relief fund 
‘All out war’: Republican lawmaker slams National Congress of American Indians (September 18, 2020)
A powerful Republican lawmaker is accusing the National Congress of American Indians of engaging in “divisiveness” in connection with a bitter dispute over billions of dollars in COVID-19 relief. 
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) letter on ‘Tribal Unity’ (September 18, 2020)
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is not happy with the National Congress of American Indians. 
Appeals court hears arguments in COVID-19 funding dispute (September 11, 2020)
Tribal governments remain united as a federal appeals court determines the fate of more than a half-billion dollars in COVID-19 funding that’s been at the center of one of the most bitter Indian law and policy disputes in decades.
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