CARES Act Tribal Checks In The Mail In First Round Of Funding, Treasury Says

(May 6, 2020, 1:21 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Treasury Department began making coronavirus relief payments May 5 to the nation’s 574 federally recognized Indian tribes after the disbursements were delayed by lawsuits filed by tribes over the agency’s plan to send the relief money to Alaska Native corporations as well, Treasury said in a news release and separate notice that day....