OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Two Native American tribes and the federal government have reached a tentative settlement in a lawsuit over alleged mismanagement of timber lands and other tribal trust assets.

A federal judge in Oklahoma City and tribal attorney Michael Burrage confirmed the tentative agreement on Thursday to The Oklahoman. They declined to discuss its terms in more detail, but Burrage did note that it was a monetary settlement.

Burrage said that it was designed to resolve all issues rather than requiring government agencies to provide a detailed accounting of their management of tribal trust assets as requested in the lawsuit.

Details of the agreement are expected to be made public after it’s approved by the Choctaw Tribal Council and Chickasaw Legislature. It also must be signed by the Chickasaw governor, Choctaw chief and officials with the U.S. Justice Department and U.S. Interior Department, Burrage said.

“The Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations are pleased that it appears there is going to be a resolution to this litigation that has gone on more than a decade,” Burrage said. “Hopefully, at the conclusion of this litigation, the healing process will start between the nations and the federal government.”

A U.S. Justice Department spokesman also declined to discuss the settlement’s terms.

The tribes had claimed government officials failed to properly protect tribal interests when they sold more than 1.3 million acres of tribal timber lands between 1908 and 1940.

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Information from: The Oklahoman, http://www.newsok.com