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The implications of denying aid to private entities that serve Native peoples in Alaska could reach far beyond the Covid-19 pandemic.
A woman walks before dawn in Toksook Bay, Alaska, a mostly Yuip’ik village on the edge of the Bering Sea, on Jan. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
WASHINGTON (CN) Millions of dollars in relief funding are on the line as the U.S. Supreme Court decides which Native populations are entitled to coronavirus aid. In oral arguments Monday, however, the justices seemed concerned with the complications that could reach far beyond the Covid-19 pandemic.
“The potential ramifications would be staggering: destabilizing the entire tribal health and social services system in Alaska,” Justice Neil Gorsuch said during oral arguments.