Thousands of American Indians sued the government for financial mismanagement . Under the finalized settlement , $ 2 billion will be distributed among individuals . Another $ 1 billion will go toward preserving some tribes ' tracts of land . Another $ 1.9 billion will go into a `` land consolidation program '' that will allow people to sell fractions of land they own , which are slivers of once larger ancestral plots that have been divided and subdivided over generations . He says the settlement clears ` ` the way for reconciliation ''
Thousands of American Indians sued the government for financial mismanagement . Under the finalized settlement , $ 2 billion will be distributed among individuals . Another $ 1 billion will go toward preserving some tribes ' tracts of land . He says the settlement clears ` ` the way for reconciliation ''