After more than a decade in court, lawsuit over land payments to Indians comes to close

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After 13 years, a settlement in the nation’s largest class action suit against the federal government was announced today. Cobell vs. Salazar alleges mismanagement of royalties owed to Indians since the late 1800s.A Lac du Flambeau tribal member — and one of the original plaintiffs — is pleased at the news.Brian Bull reports

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