Tribal and Alaska Native law enforcement agencies are receiving their share of $1 billion in grants under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

The money will be used for officer salaries. It comes through the COPS (Community Oriented Policing Services) program at the Department of Justice.

Recipients include tribes in Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming. A full list can be found at http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/Default.asp?Item=2208.

In total, the grants will support 1,046 law enforcement agencies and salary and benefits for 4,699 officers for three years.

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act:
H.R.1 | S.1

Related Stories:
Tex Hall/Chris Stearns: Using $2B in stimulus (7/20)
Kickapoo Tribe among winners of stimulus funds (7/10)
EPA and IHS distribute $90M in stimulus to tribes (7/9)
Catawba Nation to use stimulus funds for roads (6/18)
Acoma Pueblo breaks ground on stimulus project (6/5)
Eastern Cherokees seek $18M in stimulus funds (6/1)
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes benefit from stimulus (5/29)
HUD announces $252M in stimulus funds for tribes (5/28)
Rosebud Sioux President: Stimulus will help tribe (5/27)
Editorial: Economic recovery and tribal funds (05/22)
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate receives $200K from stimulus (5/21)
First tribe receives direct road funding from stimulus (5/20)
Tribes seek share of $3B in stimulus funds (5/13)
Navajo Nation gets largest chunk of stimulus funds (5/12)
Minnesota tribes bank on millions in stimulus funds (5/8)
BIA announces stimulus funds for 12 regional offices (5/5)
Salazar announces $500M in stimulus funds for tribes (4/27)
Salazar to visit tribes and UTTC in North Dakota (4/23)
Grand Traverse Band seeks money to remove dams (4/17)
North Dakota tribe benefits from $26M in federal funds (4/17)
North Dakota tribe benefits from $26M in federal funds (4/16)
EPA to use stimulus funds to clean up Elem Reservation (4/16)
Julie Kitka: Send stimulus funds to Alaska Natives (4/2)
Editorial: Ensure stimulus gets to Navajo people (3/31)
Stimulus provides $54.8M in tribal energy grants (3/27)
DOJ to provide $23.6M from stimulus to tribes (3/25)
Tonto Apache Tribe receives $1.8M from stimulus (3/25)
Stimulus provides $17M for tribal transit projects (3/24)
Opinion: Tribes eager for share of stimulus funds (3/24)
Cherokee Nation receives $42.5M from stimulus (3/20)
Biden announces $3M tribal senior nutrition funds (3/19)
Blog: How the stimulus can help Indian Country (3/17)
Stimulus includes $17.8M for Native youth programs (3/13)
Tex Hall: Recovery an epic opportunity for tribes (3/6)
New Mexico tribes receive housing stimulus funds (3/5)
Washington tribes receive $15M in housing stimulus (3/5)
Navajo Nation gets $34M for housing stimulus (2/27)
Sen. Dorgan seeks quick distribution of stimulus (2/24)
Interior investigator to oversee stimulus for Obama (2/23)
Report slams BIA office in Alaska over roads funds (2/20)
Kevin Abourezk: NCAI website tracks Indian stimulus (2/20)
Jodi Rave: Bond provision will help Indian Country (2/19)
Obama signs $787B stimulus package into law (2/18)
Stimulus bill ready for Obama's signature (2/16)
Turtle Talk: Tribal tax exempt bonds and stimulus (2/12)
Garcia hopeful in last State of Indian Nations (2/12)
Jodi Rave: NCAI president calls for economic stimulus (2/11)
Jodi Rave: Indian stimulus projects called 'pigout' (2/10)
NPR: Indian Country and the national stimulus (2/10)
Obama pushes for stimulus on eve of Senate vote (2/10)
Sen. Johnson backs Indian Country stimulus (2/3)
Opinion: Indian Country stimulus a good start (1/30)
Stimulus for Indian Country heads to Senate floor (1/28)
Jodi Rave: Senate bill includes $2.8B for tribes (1/28)