List Act News Today

In addition to articles already covered by Native News Online, here is a roundup of other news released from Washington, D.C. that impacts Indian Country recently. The Indian Health Service (IHS) Director's Advisory Workgroup on Tribal Consultation requests Tribal input on what definition of Indian Tribe should be included in the updated IHS Consultation Policy.

What will King Charles III inherit from the late Queen? Will he have to pay inheritance tax? And how large is his personal fortune and estate?

Seattle’s first people, the Duwamish Tribe, have filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of the Interior in its fight for federal recognition.

The electoral watchdog Kontra Daya (literally, Against Cheating) has found that seven out of 10 groups running for party-list seats in the House of Representatives are in the hands of far from marginalized and far from voiceless sectors and interests.

The Alaska Native Village Corporation Association Inc. and others filed a petition for a writ of certiorari before the Supreme Court of the United States

On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear argument on that question in Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation. Immediately at stake in the answer is billions of dollars in federal CARES Act funding. But the outcome could also have longer-term consequences for how, and from whom, Alaskan Natives receive essential services. Remember the $8 billion #CoronavirusReliefFund for tribal governments? Well the Supreme Court is finally hearing arguments in the long-running #COVID19 disput...