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By Ben Evans
Washington, D.C. (AP)
American Indian farmers lost some $500 million as a result of loan discrimination at the Agriculture Department over the past three decades, plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit said.
They said they are ready to go to trial to prove it but hope that President Barack Obama’s administration will look favorably on a settlement after strong resistance from the Bush White House.
Washington, D.C. (AP)
American Indian farmers lost some $500 million as a result of loan discrimination at the Agriculture Department over the past three decades, plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit said.
They said they are ready to go to trial to prove it but hope that President Barack Obama’s administration will look favorably on a settlement after strong resistance from the Bush White House.
