The Red Lake Nation of Minnesota will receive $2 million from the federal government to settle a lawsuit over an unused detention facility on the reservation.

The tribe used $2 million in federal and tribal funds to build the 13,000 square-foot facility. It was intended as a juvenile detention center.

However, the Bureau of Indian Affairs failed to request funds to operate the center. It has sat unused for the last five years.

But the facility will open under a settlement that was approved this week. Chairman Floyd “Buck” Jourdain said the center will require about $1.2 million a year to operate.

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