Shutdown Leaves Food, Medicine and Pay in Doubt in Indian Countr

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — For one tribe of Chippewa Indians in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the government shutdown comes with a price tag: about $100,000, every day, of federal money that does not arrive to keep health clinics staffed, food pantry shelves full and employees paid.

To read more on how the shutdown impacts the Tribes and Nations and how they are responding, continue reading here.