U.S. Supreme Court backs Alaska Native corps in COVID-19 aid dispute
The corporations are eligible for coronavirus relief funding through the CARES Act, the court said in a 6-3 ruling.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled that federal COVID-19 relief funds can go to corporations specially created for Alaska Natives even though they are not officially recognized as tribal governments in a case pitting groups of Indigenous Americans against each other.
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