• Alaska Native Corporations and the CARES Act

    Alaska Native Corporations and the CARES Act 0. By Hadassah Karp on April 16, 2021 Blog. Though the primary use of the corporate form is to create business entities, the concepts and statuses that underlie the corporate relationship have been employed in other contexts. About‧Blog

  • CARES Act FAQ - Alaska Native Corporation

    Why did it take so long for Alaska Native corporations (ANCs) to receive the funds? In April 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury determined that ANCs were eligible to receive relief under Title V of the CARES Act, and the department set aside a portion of the $8 billion for payment to ANCs.

  • CARES Act Update - Alaska Native Corporation

    CARES Act Update. September 11, 2021. We are pleased to announce that NANA is the recipient of $32.8 million in funding set aside under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The NANA Board of Directors is meeting on Tuesday, September 14 to finalize the way forward for the use of these relief funds.

  • PDF Coronavirus Relief Fund Disbursements to Alaska Native ...

    Disbursements to Alaska Native Corporations August 2, 2021 The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) Act reserved $8 billion from the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) for payments to Tribal governments. On June 25, 2021, the Supreme Court held in Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation1 that ANCs are

  • Alaska Native Corporations, the last to get CARES Act ...

    Alaska Native Corporations only recently received nearly half a billion dollars in CARES Act funds and are imploring Congress for more time to spend it. The deadline is the end of the year.

  • Alaska Native Corporations Eligible for CARES Act Relief ...

    Supreme Court Confirms Alaska Native Corporation Eligibility for CARES Act Relief. Tuesday, August 10, 2021. Once again recognizing "the unique circumstances of Alaska and its indigenous ...

  • 2020 CARES Act | Indian Affairs - Native Americans in the ...

    Dept. of Treasury - Guidance on Treatment of Alaska Native Corporations (4/23/2020) Secretary of the Treasury Coronavirus Relief Fund for Tribal Governments Through the Coronavirus Relief Fund , the CARES Act provided payments to state, local, and tribal governments navigating the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak.

  • CARES Act data reveals disparities in payouts to Native ...

    Sitka's Shee Atiká, Inc. received about $277,000 in August 2021 from a pool of nearly $445 million allocated to Alaska Native corporations through the CARES Act.

  • U.S. Supreme Court Hears Alaska Native Corporations CARES ...

    Alaska Native Corporations were formed under President Richard Nixon as part of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971, with a mandate to support Alaska Native shareholders economically, culturally and socially. In Alaska, tribes don't own land and not all Alaska Natives are enrolled tribal members.

  • Alaskan Native Corporations Allowed to ... - Bloomberg Law

    Alaska Native Corporations are entitled to receive federal payments to combat the Covid-19 pandemic under the CARES Act, a Washington court said. ANCs meet the definition for "Indian Tribe" under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, and therefore qualify for part of the $8 billion in pandemic aid allocated to tribal ...

  • Alaska Native Corporations and the CARES Act

    Alaska Native Corporations and the CARES Act 0. By Hadassah Karp on April 16, 2021 Blog. Though the primary use of the corporate form is to create business entities, the concepts and statuses that underlie the corporate relationship have been employed in other contexts. About‧Blog

  • CARES Act FAQ - Alaska Native Corporation

    Why did it take so long for Alaska Native corporations (ANCs) to receive the funds? In April 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury determined that ANCs were eligible to receive relief under Title V of the CARES Act, and the department set aside a portion of the $8 billion for payment to ANCs.

  • CARES Act Update - Alaska Native Corporation

    CARES Act Update. September 11, 2021. We are pleased to announce that NANA is the recipient of $32.8 million in funding set aside under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The NANA Board of Directors is meeting on Tuesday, September 14 to finalize the way forward for the use of these relief funds.

  • PDF Coronavirus Relief Fund Disbursements to Alaska Native ...

    Disbursements to Alaska Native Corporations August 2, 2021 The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) Act reserved $8 billion from the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) for payments to Tribal governments. On June 25, 2021, the Supreme Court held in Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation1 that ANCs are

  • Alaska Native Corporations, the last to get CARES Act ...

    Alaska Native Corporations only recently received nearly half a billion dollars in CARES Act funds and are imploring Congress for more time to spend it. The deadline is the end of the year.

  • Alaska Native Corporations Eligible for CARES Act Relief ...

    Supreme Court Confirms Alaska Native Corporation Eligibility for CARES Act Relief. Tuesday, August 10, 2021. Once again recognizing "the unique circumstances of Alaska and its indigenous ...

  • 2020 CARES Act | Indian Affairs - Native Americans in the ...

    Dept. of Treasury - Guidance on Treatment of Alaska Native Corporations (4/23/2020) Secretary of the Treasury Coronavirus Relief Fund for Tribal Governments Through the Coronavirus Relief Fund , the CARES Act provided payments to state, local, and tribal governments navigating the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak.

  • CARES Act data reveals disparities in payouts to Native ...

    Sitka's Shee Atiká, Inc. received about $277,000 in August 2021 from a pool of nearly $445 million allocated to Alaska Native corporations through the CARES Act.

  • U.S. Supreme Court Hears Alaska Native Corporations CARES ...

    Alaska Native Corporations were formed under President Richard Nixon as part of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971, with a mandate to support Alaska Native shareholders economically, culturally and socially. In Alaska, tribes don't own land and not all Alaska Natives are enrolled tribal members.

  • Alaskan Native Corporations Allowed to ... - Bloomberg Law

    Alaska Native Corporations are entitled to receive federal payments to combat the Covid-19 pandemic under the CARES Act, a Washington court said. ANCs meet the definition for "Indian Tribe" under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, and therefore qualify for part of the $8 billion in pandemic aid allocated to tribal ...

  • Alaska Native Corporations Now Eligible for CARES Act ...

    On June 25, 2021, the Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision, in Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, that Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) are "Indian tribes," as...

  • The CARES Act and Alaska Native Corporations | Cape Fox ...

    The court acknowledged that ANCs are for-profit corporations but that Alaska Native regional and village corporations are "tribes" under the CARES Act and are eligible for funding. Since then, on July 7, 2020, a federal judge granted an injunction on the $8 billion.

  • Press Release - US Supreme Court Decides Alaska Native ...

    US Supreme Court Decides Alaska Native Corporations are "Indian tribes" for purposes of CARES Act Funds and Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act Contracts June 25, 2021 (Anchorage, AK) - The U.S. Supreme Court held today that Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) are eligible for Title V CARES Act relief funds.

  • Supreme Court Rules Alaska Native Corporations Eligible ...

    The letter provided a historical background on Alaska regional corporations, which are made eligible for CARES Act assistance because of the definition of "Indian tribe" used in the bill. In April of 2020 several tribes filed lawsuits to prevent CARES Act funds from being distributed to ANCs.

  • Supreme Court Holds Alaska Native Corporations Are "Indian ...

    to the Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) approximately $450 million of the $8 billion in funds allocated to "Tribal governments" under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). The challengers had argued that ANCs do not satisfy the CARES Act's definition of Indian tribe, which is

  • Eligible Uses of CARES Act Funds for Compliance and ...

    Overview. Although the deadline for "incurring" CARES Act funds has passed, Alaska Native Corporations can still use CARES Act funds to pay for administrative and compliance related expenditures in 2022, including staff time spent administrating programs and CARES Act expenses incurred by December 31, 2022.

  • CARES Act Shareholder Assistance — Chignik Lagoon Native ...

    Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) Act and appropriated approximately $8 billion from the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) for payments to Indian Tribes, including funding that was initially delayed due to litigation for Alaska Native Corporations like CLNC. Pending a Supreme Court decision in Yellen v.

  • CARES Act data reveals disparities in payouts to Native ...

    Sitka's Shee Atiká, Inc. received about $277,000 in August 2021 from a pool of nearly $445 million allocated to Alaska Native corporations through the CARES Act. It has (KCAW file photo)

  • ANCs Win Tribal CARES Act Case - CIRI

    The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was passed by Congress on March 27, 2020. The economic stimulus bill provides relief for individuals and businesses negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. A portion of the relief funds was directed to tribal governments, which included Alaska Native corporations (ANCs).

  • CARES Act - Bering Straits Native Corporation

    BSNC's CARES Act Direct Assistance Program (DAP) is a program that allows BSNC to provide cash assistance directly to eligible BSNC shareholders who experienced extra expenses and/or loss of income related to the COVID-19 pandemic that have not been paid by or reimbursed by any other Alaska Native corporation, CARES Act Program or federal, state, tribal or local government.

  • BBNC COVID-19 Assistance Program - Bristol Bay Native ...

    A total of $8 billion in Tribal relief funding was allocated by the CARES Act, but the U.S. Treasury did not begin making payments to Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) until recently. The U.S. Treasury allocated nearly $443.9 million to ANCs, which include 12 regional corporations and more than 190 village corporations.

  • CARES Act data reveals disparities in payouts to Native ...

    Congress set aside $8 billion for tribal entities across the country as part of the CARES Act. But it took a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June to free up some of those pandemic relief funds for Alaska Native Corporations. Some of the village corporations got large payouts while Juneau-based Sealaska, the corporation with the most shareholders, got the least of the dozen regional corporations.

  • Supreme Court rules Alaska Natives eligible for CARES Act ...

    What happened: The Court ruled that since Alaska Native corporations (ANCs) are considered Indian tribes under Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, they should be considered Indian tribes under the CARES Act and be eligible for funding. Get market news worthy of your time with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free.

  • Sealaska Statement on the CARES Act - Sealaska

    Sealaska, like other Alaska Native corporations, is included in the $8 billion funding set aside for Native people. The definition used in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act includes Alaska Native corporations. (See below for more details about the language.)

  • Calista And The Kuskokwim Corporation Receive CARES Act Funds

    The Kuskokwim Corporation (TKC) is an Alaska Native corporation formed from the merger of 10 upper Kuskokwim River village corporations. It received $821,474.24 in CARES Act Tribal Relief funds. President and CEO Andrea Gusty said that the board is meeting this week to decide how to spend the money.

  • Injunction holds up $8B CARES Act Tribal allocation for ...

    Sweeney is the subject of a call for investigation into whether she violated ethics policies in advocating for Alaska Native corporations over $8 billion Tribal allocation of the CARES Act. (Photo ...

  • Chugach Supports Alaska Native Corporation Inclusion in ...

    The CARES Act is unambiguous: Alaska Native villages, Alaska Native regional corporations, and Alaska Native village corporations are "tribes" under the law. Chugach simply asks that the CARES Act be applied as it was written and mandated by Congress. "We believe that 'a rising tide lifts all boats,' which is why Chugach supports ...

  • Alaska Native Corporations and the CARES Act

    Alaska Native Corporations and the CARES Act 0. By Hadassah Karp on April 16, 2021 Blog. Though the primary use of the corporate form is to create business entities, the concepts and statuses that underlie the corporate relationship have been employed in other contexts. About‧Blog

  • CARES Act FAQ - Alaska Native Corporation

    Why did it take so long for Alaska Native corporations (ANCs) to receive the funds? In April 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury determined that ANCs were eligible to receive relief under Title V of the CARES Act, and the department set aside a portion of the $8 billion for payment to ANCs.

  • CARES Act Update - Alaska Native Corporation

    CARES Act Update. September 11, 2021. We are pleased to announce that NANA is the recipient of $32.8 million in funding set aside under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The NANA Board of Directors is meeting on Tuesday, September 14 to finalize the way forward for the use of these relief funds.

  • PDF Coronavirus Relief Fund Disbursements to Alaska Native ...

    Disbursements to Alaska Native Corporations August 2, 2021 The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) Act reserved $8 billion from the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) for payments to Tribal governments. On June 25, 2021, the Supreme Court held in Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation1 that ANCs are

  • Alaska Native Corporations, the last to get CARES Act ...

    Alaska Native Corporations only recently received nearly half a billion dollars in CARES Act funds and are imploring Congress for more time to spend it. The deadline is the end of the year.

  • Alaska Native Corporations Eligible for CARES Act Relief ...

    Supreme Court Confirms Alaska Native Corporation Eligibility for CARES Act Relief. Tuesday, August 10, 2021. Once again recognizing "the unique circumstances of Alaska and its indigenous ...

  • 2020 CARES Act | Indian Affairs - Native Americans in the ...

    Dept. of Treasury - Guidance on Treatment of Alaska Native Corporations (4/23/2020) Secretary of the Treasury Coronavirus Relief Fund for Tribal Governments Through the Coronavirus Relief Fund , the CARES Act provided payments to state, local, and tribal governments navigating the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak.

  • CARES Act data reveals disparities in payouts to Native ...

    Sitka's Shee Atiká, Inc. received about $277,000 in August 2021 from a pool of nearly $445 million allocated to Alaska Native corporations through the CARES Act.

  • U.S. Supreme Court Hears Alaska Native Corporations CARES ...

    Alaska Native Corporations were formed under President Richard Nixon as part of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971, with a mandate to support Alaska Native shareholders economically, culturally and socially. In Alaska, tribes don't own land and not all Alaska Natives are enrolled tribal members.

  • Alaskan Native Corporations Allowed to ... - Bloomberg Law

    Alaska Native Corporations are entitled to receive federal payments to combat the Covid-19 pandemic under the CARES Act, a Washington court said. ANCs meet the definition for "Indian Tribe" under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, and therefore qualify for part of the $8 billion in pandemic aid allocated to tribal ...

  • Alaska Native Corporations Now Eligible for CARES Act ...

    On June 25, 2021, the Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision, in Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, that Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) are "Indian tribes," as...

  • The CARES Act and Alaska Native Corporations | Cape Fox ...

    The court acknowledged that ANCs are for-profit corporations but that Alaska Native regional and village corporations are "tribes" under the CARES Act and are eligible for funding. Since then, on July 7, 2020, a federal judge granted an injunction on the $8 billion.

  • Press Release - US Supreme Court Decides Alaska Native ...

    US Supreme Court Decides Alaska Native Corporations are "Indian tribes" for purposes of CARES Act Funds and Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act Contracts June 25, 2021 (Anchorage, AK) - The U.S. Supreme Court held today that Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) are eligible for Title V CARES Act relief funds.

  • Supreme Court Rules Alaska Native Corporations Eligible ...

    The letter provided a historical background on Alaska regional corporations, which are made eligible for CARES Act assistance because of the definition of "Indian tribe" used in the bill. In April of 2020 several tribes filed lawsuits to prevent CARES Act funds from being distributed to ANCs.

  • Supreme Court Holds Alaska Native Corporations Are "Indian ...

    to the Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) approximately $450 million of the $8 billion in funds allocated to "Tribal governments" under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). The challengers had argued that ANCs do not satisfy the CARES Act's definition of Indian tribe, which is

  • Eligible Uses of CARES Act Funds for Compliance and ...

    Overview. Although the deadline for "incurring" CARES Act funds has passed, Alaska Native Corporations can still use CARES Act funds to pay for administrative and compliance related expenditures in 2022, including staff time spent administrating programs and CARES Act expenses incurred by December 31, 2022.

  • CARES Act Shareholder Assistance — Chignik Lagoon Native ...

    Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) Act and appropriated approximately $8 billion from the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) for payments to Indian Tribes, including funding that was initially delayed due to litigation for Alaska Native Corporations like CLNC. Pending a Supreme Court decision in Yellen v.

  • CARES Act data reveals disparities in payouts to Native ...

    Sitka's Shee Atiká, Inc. received about $277,000 in August 2021 from a pool of nearly $445 million allocated to Alaska Native corporations through the CARES Act. It has (KCAW file photo)

  • ANCs Win Tribal CARES Act Case - CIRI

    The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was passed by Congress on March 27, 2020. The economic stimulus bill provides relief for individuals and businesses negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. A portion of the relief funds was directed to tribal governments, which included Alaska Native corporations (ANCs).

  • CARES Act - Bering Straits Native Corporation

    BSNC's CARES Act Direct Assistance Program (DAP) is a program that allows BSNC to provide cash assistance directly to eligible BSNC shareholders who experienced extra expenses and/or loss of income related to the COVID-19 pandemic that have not been paid by or reimbursed by any other Alaska Native corporation, CARES Act Program or federal, state, tribal or local government.

  • BBNC COVID-19 Assistance Program - Bristol Bay Native ...

    A total of $8 billion in Tribal relief funding was allocated by the CARES Act, but the U.S. Treasury did not begin making payments to Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) until recently. The U.S. Treasury allocated nearly $443.9 million to ANCs, which include 12 regional corporations and more than 190 village corporations.

  • CARES Act data reveals disparities in payouts to Native ...

    Congress set aside $8 billion for tribal entities across the country as part of the CARES Act. But it took a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June to free up some of those pandemic relief funds for Alaska Native Corporations. Some of the village corporations got large payouts while Juneau-based Sealaska, the corporation with the most shareholders, got the least of the dozen regional corporations.

  • Supreme Court rules Alaska Natives eligible for CARES Act ...

    What happened: The Court ruled that since Alaska Native corporations (ANCs) are considered Indian tribes under Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, they should be considered Indian tribes under the CARES Act and be eligible for funding. Get market news worthy of your time with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free.

  • Sealaska Statement on the CARES Act - Sealaska

    Sealaska, like other Alaska Native corporations, is included in the $8 billion funding set aside for Native people. The definition used in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act includes Alaska Native corporations. (See below for more details about the language.)

  • Calista And The Kuskokwim Corporation Receive CARES Act Funds

    The Kuskokwim Corporation (TKC) is an Alaska Native corporation formed from the merger of 10 upper Kuskokwim River village corporations. It received $821,474.24 in CARES Act Tribal Relief funds. President and CEO Andrea Gusty said that the board is meeting this week to decide how to spend the money.

  • Injunction holds up $8B CARES Act Tribal allocation for ...

    Sweeney is the subject of a call for investigation into whether she violated ethics policies in advocating for Alaska Native corporations over $8 billion Tribal allocation of the CARES Act. (Photo ...

  • Chugach Supports Alaska Native Corporation Inclusion in ...

    The CARES Act is unambiguous: Alaska Native villages, Alaska Native regional corporations, and Alaska Native village corporations are "tribes" under the law. Chugach simply asks that the CARES Act be applied as it was written and mandated by Congress. "We believe that 'a rising tide lifts all boats,' which is why Chugach supports ...

  • Alaska Native Corporations, the last to get CARES Act ...

    Alaska Native Corporations only recently received nearly half a billion dollars in CARES Act funds and are imploring Congress for more time to spend it. The deadline is the end of the year.

  • Eligible Uses of CARES Act Funds for Compliance and ...

    Overview. Although the deadline for "incurring" CARES Act funds has passed, Alaska Native Corporations can still use CARES Act funds to pay for administrative and compliance related expenditures in 2022, including staff time spent administrating programs and CARES Act expenses incurred by December 31, 2022.

  • Alaska Native Corporations Now Eligible for CARES Act ...

    In turn, the term "Indian tribe," for purposes of CARES Act eligibility, is defined in the ISDA as "any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native village or regional or village corporation as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act," or ANCSA ...

  • Supreme Court rules Alaska Natives eligible for CARES Act ...

    What happened: The Court ruled that since Alaska Native corporations (ANCs) are considered Indian tribes under Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, they should be considered Indian tribes under the CARES Act and be eligible for funding. Get market news worthy of your time with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free.

  • PDF CARES Act Final Distributions for ATG and Welfare Assistance

    ALASKA Council, Native Village of 116,965 1,992 . 2 Region Tribe ATG Final Distribution Welfare Assistance CV Distribution ALASKA Craig 375,096 6,410 ALASKA Crooked Creek 100,025 1,624 ALASKA Curyung (Dillingham) 968,997 29,926 ALASKA ... CARES Act Final Distributions - ATG & WA 5-18-20.xlsx ...

  • Calista CARES Act Assistance Program - Calista Corporation

    The 2020 CARES Act allocated $8 billion for Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations. Less than 6% of that amount was allocated to ANCs: about $443 million. On August 9, 2021, the US Department of Treasury sent $12,201,386.32 to Calista. Read our August 9 announcement.

  • MySealaska - News - Sealaska Statement on the CARES Act

    Sealaska, like other Alaska Native corporations, is included in the $8 billion funding set aside for Native people. The definition used in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act includes Alaska Native corporations. (See below for more details about the language.)

  • Native corporations benefit properly from CARES Act

    The CARES Act is unambiguous: Alaska Native villages, Alaska Native regional corporations, and Alaska Native village corporations are "tribes" under the CARES Act. Here is why: • The legal issue is how the term "tribal governments" is defined. Section 601(g) outlining "DEFINITIONS" provides the answer.

  • Judge sides against Native corporations in CARES Act ruling

    Thursday, April 30, 2020 11:40am. News State News. Alaska Native Corporations may not receive federal coronavirus relief money after a district judge ruled Monday corporations don't fit the definition of an Indian Tribe under that language of the CARES Act. The ruling was the result of a lawsuit brought by at least 15 tribes in the Lower 48 ...

  • PDF Distribution of Funds by Community - Alaska

    provided by one or more qualifying incorporated nonprofit entities or a Native village council or are substantially paid for by the residents of the community through taxes, charges, or assessments levied or authorized by the borough or unified municipality: €€€€€€€€(1) fire protection; €€€€€€€€(2) emergency medical;

  • High court favors Alaska Native Corps getting CARES Act funds

    As a result, the corporations are entitled to receive up to $500 million that had been allotted to them under the CARES Act, passed by Congress in March 2020. "This decision means Alaska Native corporations will be treated fairly when it comes to accessing federal CARES Act funding," said Gov. Mike Dunleavy.

  • Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations to ... - Dorsey

    The CARES Act provides for rapid, substantial, financial assistance to Tribal governments—including Alaska Native Corporations. The CARES Act makes general provisions for distribution of some of the relief funds, but the precise mechanisms have not been announced.

  • Judge rules Alaska Native corporations can receive CARES ...

    A district court has ruled that Alaska Native corporations do qualify for CARES Act funding after several tribes from the Lower 48 had contested calling Alaska Native corporations "Indian tribes.". Money to tribes was first distributed in May, but the $162 million expected for Alaska Native corporations was withheld pending legal action.

  • CARES Act data reveals disparities in payouts to Native ...

    Congress set aside $8 billion for tribal entities across the country as part of the CARES Act. But it took a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June to free up some of those pandemic relief funds for Alaska Native Corporations. Some of the village corporations got large payouts while Juneau-based Sealaska, the corporation with the most shareholders, got the least of the dozen regional corporations.

  • Alaskan Native Village Corporations Eligible for Tribal ...

    COVID-19 has created many kinds of uncertainty since it first emerged on the global scene more than a year ago. One of the less expected sources of confusion that has arisen is whether Alaska's Native regional and village corporations (ANCs) qualify for funding that is earmarked for Native American tribes under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Securities Act (CARES).

  • Supreme Court Rules Alaska Native Corporations Eligible ...

    06.25.21 Supreme Court Rules Alaska Native Corporations Eligible for CARES Act Tribal Relief. WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, today welcomed a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in Yellen v.Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation that upholds the decades-long inclusion of Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) as "Indian ...

  • Q&A on the Supreme Court's CARES Act Ruling - Sealaska

    The CARES Act was a $2 trillion piece of legislation passed by Congress in March of 2020 to address the immediate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) is a subset of the original act that contained $8 billion for payments to tribal governments. Of the $8 billion, $500 million was set aside for Alaska Native ...

  • Supreme Court today: Are Alaska Native ... - Must Read Alaska

    Confederated Tribes of Chehalis Reservation, is a case that consolidates two cases involving tribal government designation with far-reaching implications beyond mere CARES Act funding, but the fundamental question the high court is answering is: Whether Alaska Native regional and village corporations established pursuant to the Alaska Native ...

  • Supreme Court rules Alaska Native Corporations eligible ...

    The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that for-profit Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) are American Indian tribes, and as such are entitled to seek pandemic-related financial relief set aside for tribes in last year's CARES Act. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote the court's opinion in Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, court ...

  • Alaska Native Corporations and the CARES Act - Issuu

    The CARES Act Tribal Relief Funding is clear: Alaska Native regional and village corporations are tribes under the CARES Act and are eligible for funding. That distribution has been challenged ...

  • Calista Corporation Receives 2020 CARES Act Relief Funding

    Leadership reviewing how to expend funds to meet the needs of impacted Shareholders. August 10, 2021. (Anchorage, Alaska) - Following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling this summer that Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) are eligible for payments from the 2020 CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Fund, Calista Corporation has finally received funding on ...

  • AK CARES ACT SUBSISTENCE - Alaska Peninsula Corporation

    Alaska CARES Act Subsistence Fisheries Assistance Our Mission "To preserve and enhance the quality of life of Alaska Peninsula Corporation shareholders and to protect our culture while managing our assets in a manner which enhances their value."

  • CARES Act Funding Update - CIRI

    CARES Act Funding Update. August 31, 2020. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was passed by Congress on March 27, 2020. Soon after a lawsuit was filed challenging the right of Alaska Native corporations, like CIRI, to receive CARES Act funds. In June 2020, a federal judge ruled that Alaska Native regional and village ...

  • MySealaska - News - Sealaska's $4.2 Million CARES Act ...

    Many shareholders are asking about Sealaska's CARES Act funding, and how the $4.2 million amount of its allocation was determined. The U.S. Department of the Treasury created the formula for how CARES Act money was allocated to tribes and Alaska Native corporations (ANCs).

  • Court rules Alaska Native corporations do not qualify for ...

    If held, this decision means Alaska Native corporations will not be able to receive CARES Act funds allocated in Title V of the act. The Alaska congressional delegation of Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Rep. Don Young criticized the ruling for withholding aid from Alaska Native groups and "erasing more than 45 years of precedent and practice," for how tribal systems in Alaska ...

  • Supreme Court Rules Alaska Native Corporations Eligible ...

    The letter provided a historical background on Alaska regional corporations, which are made eligible for CARES Act assistance because of the definition of "Indian tribe" used in the bill. In April of 2020 several tribes filed lawsuits to prevent CARES Act funds from being distributed to ANCs.

  • Appeals Court Rules Alaska Native Corporations Ineligible ...

    Details. By Native News Online Staff. September 25, 2020. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ruled this afternoon that Alaska Native Corporations are not eligible to share in $8 billion of relief funding for tribal governments under Title V of the CARES Act. Eighteen federally recognized tribes, including six from ...

  • United States Supreme Court Upholds Alaska Native ...

    On June 25, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed Alaska Native Corporations' (ANCs) eligibility to receive CARES Act coronavirus relief funds when it determined that ANCs meet the Act's definition of "Indian tribe." This outcome preserves ANCs' status and ability to participate in government contracting and compacting and provide ...

  • U.S. Supreme Court Grants Review in Alaska Native ...

    The letter provided a historical background on Alaska regional corporations, which are made eligible for CARES Act assistance because of the definition of "Indian tribe" used in the bill. In April, several tribes filed lawsuits to prevent CARES Act funds from being distributed to ANCs.

  • Petitions of the week: CARES Act payments for Alaska ...

    This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to review, among other things, whether Alaska Native corporations are "Indian tribes" who can receive CARES Act payments, whether courts should defer or decide disputes over church property, and how explicit police officers must be in explaining to a suspect her right to a lawyer before and during interrogations under Miranda v.

  • Supreme Court deems Alaska Native corporations eligible ...

    According to court documents, the Treasury Department set aside in April 2020 approximately 500 million of CARES Act funding for the Alaska Native corporations. "We have a strong coalition of ...

  • Delegation supports CARES Act assistance to Alaska Native ...

    Alaska's congressional delegation has filed an amicus brief in support of granting Alaska Native corporations' eligibility for tribal assistance appropriated by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, with Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, contend that indigenous people in Alaska ...

  • Supreme Court Rules Alaska Native Corporations Eligible ...

    June 25, 2021 Heard it in the Steam House Comments Off on Supreme Court Rules Alaska Native Corporations Eligible for CARES Act Tribal Relief U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, today welcomed a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in Yellen v.

  • Alaska Native Cares Act and Similar Products and Services ...

    Alaska Native Corporations and the CARES Act best news.law.fordham.edu. Alaska Native Corporations and the CARES Act 0. By Hadassah Karp on April 16, 2021 Blog. Though the primary use of the corporate form is to create business entities, the concepts and statuses that underlie the corporate relationship have been employed in other contexts.

  • Alaska Native corporations | knba

    The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that Alaska Native regional and village corporations are eligileribaltfor federal CARES Act funding intended for Tribes. At stake is about a half-billion dollars that the Treasury Department was going to distribute to Alaska Native corporations until several Tribes filed lawsuits.

  • Are Alaska Native corporations Indian tribes ... - SCOTUSblog

    A multimillion-dollar question. Are Alaska Native corporations — special corporations that Congress created in 1971 when it resolved Native claims in Alaska — "Indian tribe [s]" under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act? On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear argument on that question in Yellen v.

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    In the 21st Century, business is booming for Alaska's Native businesses. Alaska Native corporations cumulatively reported more than $10.5 billion in revenues in 2018 and in 2019 accounted for almost 50 percent of the rankings in the Alaska Business' listing of the Top 49 corporations in the state. Alaska Regional Corporation Profiles.

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    Goldbelt looking into how CARES act funds were distributed to Native Corporations. Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - President and CEO of the Alaska Native Village Corporation Goldbelt spoke on their program that aims to assist their shareholders impacted by the COVID pandemic, and said that they are looking into how CARES funding among the Alaska Native ...

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    The talk, ANCSA Corporations as "Indian tribes" Under Federal Indian Law and the Constitution, will be given by Chris E. McNeil, Jr., former president and CEO of Sealaska, a regional Native corporation established under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA).

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    There are 12 Alaska Native regional corporations, each representing a designated area of the state. These regions and corporations were created in 1971 with the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

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    How Alaska Native Corporations Can Better Support Alaska Native Villages ... c. Covid-19 CARES Act.....21 d. Opportunities Under Existing Law for Greater Investment in Villages ... Since their formation in 1971 through the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) have operated largely under a mission to build ...

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    The U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari to petitions from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and several Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) challenging the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals' decision that determined ANCs are not eligible for the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) tribal set-aside within Title V of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) Act.

  • Alaska Native Corporations Petition High Court Over Denial ...

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  • Supreme Court Affirms Alaska Native Corporations are ...

    In April of 2020, seventeen federally recognized tribes filed three complaints in the District Court of the District of Columbia arguing that the twelve ANCs and 177 Alaska Native village corporations were not entitled to receive any of the $8 billion in funding allocated to "Tribal governments" in the CARES Act.