President Joe Biden is expected to sign the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill into law on Friday. It includes the largest ever one-time federal investment in Indian Country, with $20 billion in direct aid to tribal governments, and another $11 billion set aside for federal Indian programs.
The aid comes as many tribal nations in the Mountain West are struggling to stay afloat.
"It's badly needed," said President Gabe Aguilar of the Mescalero Apache Tribe in Southern New Mexico.
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