Of $1B settlement, $125M earmarked for Alaska tribes

Attorneys for Indian tribes and the Interior Department announced today an agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit for $940 million. It’s a case that dates back to 1994. Since then, until 2013, the department short-changed some 640 tribes that had federal contracts to provide services to their people. Alaska tribes are among those owed money.
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One the one hand, this case is about the mundane overhead costs a tribe incurs when it takes over a federal program. To run a housi