After a frustrating delay, Michigan’s Native American tribes will be receiving their share of pandemic relief funds. Those funds are critical for the tribes, many of which have lost their primary revenue source — tribal casinos — during the state lockdown.
Meghanlata Gupta
A guest author for Bridge Magazine.
Meghanlata Gupta is a rising senior at Yale University from Ann Arbor and a 2020 summer intern at Bridge. As a member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, she covers tribal affairs and contemporary Native issues. She is the founder of Indigenizing the News, a digital news source dedicated to elevating Native news and voices and educating non-Native allies. She can be reached at meghanlatagupta@gmail.com or on Twitter @meghangupta.
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