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What led to the 1996 lawsuit against the Bureau of Indian Affairs?

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The BIA's management of an Indian land trust led to a high-profile lawsuit in 1996 over the failure of the BIA to provide Indians with accurate financial accountings of lands held in trust for them by the Department of the Interior.

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