The U.S. House of Representatives attached a $3.4 billion government settlement with Indian trust beneficiaries to a war-funding bill that it passed just before breaking for the July Fourth holiday.

WASHINGTON — A federal judge Monday approved a $3.4 billion settlement over mismanaged Indian royalties in a case that represents the largest class-action settlement ever approved against the U ...

HELENA — Montana State Prison officials and American Indian inmates reached a settlement out of court recently over alleged religious discrimination by prison officials. The inmates' complaint ...

HELENA, Mont. A $3.4 billion government settlement with hundreds of thousands of American Indians has been caught in a Senate filibuster. Congress must authorize the Obama administration's settlement ...

But the program, which must be completed in 10 years from the settlement, is progressing slowly despite tribal leaders’ eagerness to get started, five tribal leaders told a U.S. House panel.

WASHINGTON — A federal judge Monday approved a $3.4 billion settlement over mismanaged Indian royalties in a case that represents the largest class-action settlement ever approved against the U ...