Tucson.com – by Claire Caulfield
WASHINGTON — Arizona tribal members have received more than $175 million in the first four years of a federal program to buy back and consolidate parcels of land that are now split between multiple owners, the Interior Department said this week.
The 2016 status report on the $1.9 billion buyback program said Navajo Nation members received more than $104 million, Gila River Tribe members got more than $51 million and members of the Salt River tribe were paid $20 million for their land.
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