<div class='node-body'><p>In a Supreme Court decision announced on Monday, justices ruled that the United States government has shortchanged the Ramah Navajo Chapter among several other Native American tribes by millions of dollars in public service contracts.</p>
<p>The justices sided 5-4 with the tribes in a class action suit claiming unfair treatment by the department of the interior.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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