On February 24, 2016, a federal judge approved [3] a $940 million settlement [4] between the U.S. government and Indian tribes, resolving a claim that the government had underfunded contract costs for the management of federal services such as law enforcement and education. According to a news report [5], some of the underfunded contracts date back to the 1970s, when a change in policy gave tribes the opportunity to take more control over the administration of the programs. The case was first filed in 1990, and in 2012 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled [6] that the “Government must pay each Tribe’s contract support costs in full,” remanding the case to the lower courts. The settlement is one of a number of similar agreements reached over the course of the Obama administration, and is expected to disburse funds to nearly 700 tribes.