Oklahoma's Citizen Potawatomie Nation loses federal lawsuit

 
CHRIS CASTEEL, Washington Bureau | Modified: June 16, 2009 at 4:23 am | Published: June 16, 2009   

WASHINGTON — An Oklahoma tribe lost its federal lawsuit here over the distribution of federal aid.

The Citizen Potawatomie Nation sued the U.S. Interior Department, claiming the division of funds among five Oklahoma tribes shouldn’t rely continuously on 1988 information about tribal land and population. U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler disagreed with the tribe and ruled for the Interior Department.

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The Citizen Potawatomie Nation signed a deal with four other Shawnee Agency Tribes on a funding formula to divide federal money using factors such as total tribal enrollment, tribal...
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