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US to pay $554 million to Navajo Nation in historic settlement
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Sep 26, 2014
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US to pay $554 million to Navajo Nation in historic settlement
The U.S. Government has agreed to pay the Navajo Nation more than half a billion dollars to settle claims that it mismanaged the tribe's funds and natural resources for decades.
On Friday, September 26, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn and Acting Assistant Attorney General Sam Hirsch of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division joined Navajo Nation tribal leaders and members to announce a major tribal trust accounting settlement in Window Rock, AZ.
On Friday, September 26, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn and Acting Assistant Attorney General Sam Hirsch of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division joined Navajo Nation tribal leaders and members to announce a major tribal trust accounting settlement in Window Rock, AZ.
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The U.S. Government has agreed to pay the Navajo Nation more than half a billion dollars to settle claims that it mismanaged the tribe's funds and natural resources for decades.

The U.S. Government has agreed to pay the Navajo Nation more than half a billion dollars to settle claims that it mismanaged the tribe's funds and natural resources for decades.

The $554-million settlement agreement is the largest one ever reached with a single Native American tribe.

Carrie Jung, a reporter with KJZZ in Phoenix, joins Take Two for more on the landmark settlement.