Feds Look To Nix Tribes' $23B Boarding School Dispute

By Crystal Owens ( February 23, 2026, 5:57 PM EST) -- The Interior Department is seeking to dismiss a proposed class action that would require the U.S. to account for how much of an estimated $23 billion spent on past Indian boarding school programs was tribal money, saying there is no law that requires it to undertake such an effort....

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