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Dakotas tribes settle government claims
Posted 11/26/12
MITCHELL — Four tribes in the Dakotas that claimed tribal money and trust lands were mismanaged have received more than $100 million through settlements with the federal government.
The federal government is paying more than $1 billion to dozens of tribes across the country that worked to reclaim money they said was lost in mismanaged accounts and from royalties for oil, gas, grazing and timber rights on tribal lands. The settlement was announced in April.
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota and South Dakota is getting $49 million, Justice Department spokesman Wyn Hornbuckle said. In South Dakota, the Rosebud Sioux are getting $20 million, the Lower Brule Sioux $18 million and the Crow Creek Sioux $14.5 million.