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  1. July 20, 2018

    $38M Divvy In Tribal Deal OK'd Despite USDA Quibbles

    A D.C. federal judge approved a plan to distribute $38 million from the landmark Keepseagle settlement to nonprofit organizations serving Native American farmers and ranchers, largely rejecting the U.S. Department of Agriculture's claims that two of the awards posed potential conflicts of interest.

  2. June 24, 2016

    The Top Native American Cases Of 2016: Midyear Report

    A trio of U.S. Supreme Court rulings that boosted a tribe's authority to enforce its liquor tax, allowed the use of uncounseled tribal court convictions in federal domestic violence prosecutions and kept Dollar General subject to a sexual assault tort suit in tribal court have earned the lion's share of attention from attorneys in Native American law. Here, Law360 recaps the year's most significant Native American cases so far.

  3. June 21, 2016

    Native Farmers' Class Rep To Fight $380M Plan In DC Circ.

    A Native American class representative in the landmark Keepseagle settlement of farmer racial discrimination claims against the government said Monday he is appealing to the D.C. Circuit the approval of a much-disputed plan to redistribute $380 million left over from the deal, likely putting those payments on hold.

  4. April 20, 2016

    Payout Plan OK'd For $380M Left From Native Farmers' Deal

    A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday approved a proposal from a class of Native American farmers on how to disburse the $380 million remaining from a settlement with the federal government over racial discrimination claims, despite protests from a class representative and several class members.

  5. February 22, 2016

    Native Rancher Rep Slams Payout Plan In $680M USDA Deal

    A class representative for Native American farmers and ranchers urged a D.C. federal judge Monday to reject a plan to distribute leftover funds from a $680 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture over racial discrimination claims, arguing that further negotiations could bring bigger payouts to class members.

  6. February 04, 2016

    Native Ranchers Castigate Class Counsel Over USDA Proposal

    Members of a class of Native American farmers and ranchers have chastised their counsel as self-serving and unjustly enriching themselves in individual letters weighing in on a plan to distribute leftover funds from a $680 million settlement with the federal government over racial discrimination claims.

  7. December 16, 2015

    Judge Seeks Comments On Changes To 2010 USDA Deal

    A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday asked members of a class of Native American farmers and ranchers to comment on a plan to distribute more than half of the funds remaining from a $680 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture over racial discrimination claims.

  8. December 15, 2015

    Farmers Say Changes To 2010 USDA Deal Are Unopposed

    A class of Native American farmers proposed a plan to disburse $380 million in leftover funds from a 2010 settlement with the federal government among claimants and non-profit organizations, telling a Washington, D.C., federal judge Monday that the plan is an unopposed compromise to settle two years of disagreements.

  9. August 26, 2015

    Obama Urged To Help Sort Out USDA-Native American Deal

    Two Native Americans who lent their name to a suit that led to a landmark settlement of loan discrimination claims against the U.S. Department of Agriculture asked President Barack Obama to take their part in a battle over the distribution of $380 million in unclaimed funds from the deal.

  10. July 24, 2015

    Judge Blasts Feds, But Won't Alter USDA-Native Farmer Deal

    A D.C. federal judge on Friday rejected two competing proposals to distribute $380 million in unclaimed funds from a USDA agreement resolving loan discrimination claims by Native American farmers, saying he couldn't modify the settlement without a consensus among the parties and blaming the Obama administration for refusing to budge on the terms of a potential modification.

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