FARMINGTON — A federal judge has awarded more than $31 million to the Navajo Nation in its legal action against the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Indian Affairs over annual funding provided to the tribe's court system.
The tribe claimed in several lawsuits filed in federal court since 2014 that the Interior Department and the BIA provided inadequate funding for several calendar years to the Navajo Nation Judicial Branch for its courts and programs.
The judicial branch receive...