Kickapoo Tribe awarded $39K from herbicide firm settlement

Thursday, January 31, 2013  

The Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas will receive $39,000 from a settlement with a herbicide company.

The tribe was part of a lawsuit against Syngenta. The company agreed to settle for $105 million but did not admit that atrazine was present in dangerous amounts, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported.

“Water is the lifeblood of the Kickapoo people,” Chairman Steve Cadue said in a press release, the paper reported. “Thirty-nine thousand dollars is not a windfall to the tribe by any means, but we will make good use of these funds by investing it into our water treatment facility located on the reservation.”

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Kansas Kickapoo Tribe to benefit from herbicide settlement (The Topeka Capital-Journal 1/31)