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Federal officials distributed CARES Act funding to tribes by using data that left some tribes out. Tribal leaders say the issue still isn't fixed. ....
Shawnee Chief Ben Barnes grieved for people who died every week from COVID-19. When families called the tribe to help pay for funerals, Barnes had to turn them down. The U.S. Treasury Department counted the tribe’s population as zero instead of 3,100 when it distributed CARES Act relief funding a year ago. Bad data forced Barnes and other tribal leaders across the U.S. to respond to the pandemic with little federal aid. During the worst point of the pandemic in northeast Oklahoma, Barnes said he learned about new infections every day and two to four deaths a week. ....
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ROB CHANEY This summer, Indian Country will receive the largest infusion of federal money in the history of the United States. For Montanaâs 13 tribes and seven reservations, that could mean around $500 million to spend recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic and its accompanying economic devastation. The money may also fix problems that burdened reservation communities long before the virus threatened their cultural survival. All told, the American Rescue Plan Act signed by President Joe Biden will allocate about $36 billion to federally recognized tribes this year. Thatâs on top of the $8 billion provided by the CARES Act signed by President Donald Trump in 2020. About $200 million of that 2020 tranche went to Montanaâs tribes. ....