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New Report Finds Mismanagement Of Funds Meant For Navajo Nation Housing

Houses on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona in 2002. (David McNew/Getty Images)
Houses on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona in 2002. (David McNew/Getty Images)

The Navajo Nation, the country’s largest Native American tribe, has accepted more than $1 billion from a federal program to build houses. But a new report found that almost two decades later, there’s little to show for that money.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Craig Harris (@charrisazrep), a senior reporter at the Arizona Republic, who investigated the story with colleague Dennis Wagner.

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