The Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana will distribute nearly half of a $50 million trust fund settlement to its members.
Each of the 10,522 members is eligible to pick up a $2,000 check this Friday and Saturday, according to a notice on the tribe's web site.
The per capita payments represent a little more than $21 million of the settlement.
The tribe hasn't said what it will do with the rest of the money.
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N. Cheyenne get $50 million from federal settlement
(The Billings Gazette 8/23)
Northern Cheyenne Tribe to distribute trust fund settlement
Posted: Thursday, August 23, 2012
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