'The notion that corporations incorporated under state law should be considered Tribal governments is shocking,' said Tulalip Tribes Chairwoman Gobin in a Friday statement.
Some Native American tribes whose livelihoods have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic filed suit against the U.S. Treasury on Friday in an attempt to ensure that $8 billion in relief funds would go directly to tribal governments and not to Alaska Native corporations. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin was named in the legal documents as the defendant.
Plaintiffs in the suit contend that Alaska Native corporations are not eligible for money that has been designated to go to tribal governments because they are for-profit"state-chartered and state-regulated private business corporations." "The notion that corporations incorporated under state law should be considered Tribal governments is shocking and will come at the expense of tribal governments, who are responsible for providing critical needs such as healthcare, housing, and education to their citizens," said Chairwoman of the Tulalip Tribes Teri Gobin in a Friday statement."We are struggling right now because we have no revenue coming in, and it's going to take years to recover.
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