was a historic investment in Indian Country yet "grossly inequitable" and contrary to Congress' aims, according to a recent Harvard University study. The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021's $20 billion of COVID-19 funding has been touted as the single largest infusion of federal money for Indigenous Americans in U. S. history, but Treasury's lopsided formula favored tribes with strong pre-pandemic economies and a relatively high number of employees relative to enrolled citizens, according to the ...