US: $3B to end royalty dispute with Indian tribes (AP)

December 8th, 2009

Attorney General Eric Holder, and Department of the  Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, make an announcement on the settlement of Cobell lawsuit on Indian Trust Management at the Interior Department in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009 in Washington.   (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - The Obama administration Tuesday proposed spending more than $3 billion to settle a long-running lawsuit with American Indian tribes that claim they were swindled out of billions of dollars in royalties for oil, gas, grazing and other leases dating back more than a century.

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