"A landmark settlement announced this week between the federal government and Native American tribes is expected to have long-term effects beyond the $1 billion in the agreement. Three Idaho tribes are part of the deal, the Coeur d’Alene, Nez Perce, and Shoshone-Bannock.

Forty-one tribes filed lawsuits alleging the federal government mismanaged tribal accounts for generations. The accounts held decades of royalties on timber, farming, grazing and other leases on land held in trust for the tribes.

“They literally could not tell the tribal beneficiary how much money was in the account, or how much money was in it or where it was going,” says Matthew Fletcher."

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Idaho Tribes Part Of Billion Dollar Settlement But There's More Than Money (Boise State Public Radio 4/13)

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