Treasury, Alaska Native Corporations Say COVID Funding Intended For Villages

Mealey's (February 24, 2021, 1:56 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — New Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen and Alaska Native corporations (ANCs) filed their opening merits briefs Feb. 22 in two consolidated U.S. Supreme Court cases in which the court will decide whether the ANCs are considered tribal governments entitled to receive $162.3 million from last year’s federal COVID-19 relief funding package....