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Tribes resolve land dispute 150 years in the making
Four northern tribes won a historic $59 million settlement with the federal government after a legal battle dating back three decades.
The substance of the Pembina Tribes’ lawsuit is rooted in a treaty in the mid-19th Century.
Studio portrait of the Pembina Chippewa Delegation taken in Washington, D.C., in 1874. Photograph provided by the National Museum of the American Indian.
Posted by Pembina Class Action Settlement on Friday, April 9, 2021
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