Tohono O'Odham Nation v. United States

OPINION

BRUGGINK, Judge.

This is one of numerous actions pending in this court and the federal district courts brought by Indian tribes against the United States for breach of trust. Plaintiff, the Tohono O’odham Nation (“Nation” or “plaintiff’), a federally recognized Indian tribe, alleges that the United States, acting by and through the Secretary of the Interior, the Special Trustee for American Indians, and the Secretary of the Treasury, breached its fiduciary duties as trustee of various funds and property owned by the Nation. Accordingly, plaintiff, as beneficiary, seeks damages for…