On Monday, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction preventing Alaska Native Corporations from receiving money allocated to tribes under the CARES Act.
Tribes, including the Cherokee Nation, argued it was unfair that relief funds were slated to go to for-profit organizations. Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. says he's pleased with the ruling.
"It's important to not only the Cherokee Nation but the whole region that this case go the way it went. And so [it] was a big win," Hoskin Jr. said. "The federal judge decided that the Alaska corporate interest should not immediately get the relatively small amount of federal funds set aside for Indian Country's recovery."
A final ruling will be made in the coming days.
