Mealey's (March 7, 2016, 11:33 AM EST) -- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A New Mexico federal judge on March 2 approved an “unprecedented” $940 million settlement of Native American tribes’ 25-year-old class claims that the U.S. government underpaid tribes and tribal contractors to operate Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) programs (Ramah Navajo Chapter, et al. v. Sally Jewell, et al., No. 90-957, D. N.M.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 27624)....