The Navajo Nation says the U.S. mismanaged trust fund assets dating back to 1946 . With over 300,000 members , the Navajo Nation is the largest Indian tribe in the U.S . The landmark agreement stems from a 2006 lawsuit . A federal judge ruled in 2008 that the tribe had been cheated out of millions by the government and ordered it to pay $7.5 million for what he called "theft on an industrial scale" -- money
The Navajo Nation says the U.S. mismanaged trust fund assets dating back to 1946 . The landmark agreement stems from a 2006 lawsuit . A federal judge ruled in 2008 that the tribe had been cheated out of millions by the government and ordered it to pay $7.5 million for what he called "theft on an industrial scale" -- money