Discrimination suits near resolution

WASHINGTON — Lawyers for Native American farmers and the government appear to be making progress in settling the class-action discrimination case filed by Marilyn Keepseagle, a Fort Yates, N.D., farmer in 1997, against the Agriculture Department, while the Obama administration announced an initial proposal to settle discrimination cases brought by Rosemary Love, a Harlem, Mont., farmer and Hispanic farmers.

By: Jerry Hagstrom, Special to Agweek