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The burial of Elouise Cobell
Elouise Cobell filed her class action suit in 1996 and originally thought it would take only three years to resolve the issues. She joined Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Attorney General Eric Holder in making the settlement announcement. Tami A. Heilemann-DOI  Cobell4/23/2012
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Business director says settlement could help tribe’s financial future
(Colorado) -- A recent $1 billion settlement between the federal government and 41 Native American tribes could mean an opportunity for one Southwest Colorado tribe to...
4/22/2012
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Peninsula tribe to receive $25 million as part of federal settlement
(Washington) -- The Makah tribe will receive $25 million from the federal government under the terms of a $1 billion settlement of a series of lawsuits brought by Native...
4/19/2012
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GALANDA: Interior’s Land Consolidation Plan: Another ‘Disaster’ in the Making
(Washington) -- To quote an Indianz.com headline: “Interior’s land consolidation plan is a disaster.” The Department of the Interior’s proposal...
3/30/2012
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American Indian Business Leaders Conference Honors Elouise Cobell
(Arizona) -- The theme of this year’s American Indian Business Leaders 18th Annual National Business Conference (AIBL 2012) is “Inspiring a New Generation of...
3/7/2012
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White House official also hopeful for tribal trust settlements
(Washington D.C.) -- The Obama administration remains optimistic about reaching more Indian trust management settlements, a senior White House official said today.
2/27/2012
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Sen. Tester: Nominating Elouise Cobell for a national honor
(Washington D.C.) -- Every year, only three Americans are honored with the Citizen Service Before Self award—one of the most prestigious honors awarded by our...
2/22/2012
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Native Sun News: $3.4B Cobell settlement still in question
(Washington D.C.) -- In an appeal filed by Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate member Kimberly Craven of Boulder, Colo., the Cobell trust fund settlement was questioned concerning...
2/16/2012
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D.C. Circuit Examines $3.4B Settlement In Native American Trust Case
(Washington D.C.) -- The Justice Department today defended in a Washington federal appeals court the historic $3.4 billion settlement to resolve claims that the...
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First Cobell Settlement Appeal Heard
(Washington D.C.) -- A three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia today heard the first of four appeals to the $3.4 billion...
2/10/2012
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Diné would be priority under Cobell plan
(Arizona) -- When attorneys for Elouise Cobell visited the Checkerboard area of the Navajo Nation to apprise allottees of the latest developments in their suit against...
2/8/2012
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DC Circuit set to hear first of challenges to Cobell settlement
(Washington D.C.) -- The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals is set to hear an objection to the Indian trust fund lawsuit next Thursday, February 16.
2/6/2012
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Cobell Class Members question settlement, attorney conduct
(Washington D.C.) -- Class Counsel for the Cobell v. Salazar class action lawsuit sent out a letter Jan. 20 to Class Members throughout Indian Country explaining the...
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GIAGO: Cobell settlement just another government rip-off
(South Dakota) -- Before you decide to throw rocks at Carol Good Bear, New Town, N. D., Kimberly Craven, Boulder, Colo., Charles Colombe, Mission, S. D., or Mary Lee...
2/3/2012
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DOI releases land consolidation plan for Cobell settlement
(Washington D.C.) -- The Interior Department today released a draft plan to implement the land consolidation portion of the Indian trust fund settlement. The settlement...
2/2/2012
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Feds release $1.9B plan to buy Indian land as part of Cobell settlement
(Montana) -- Federal officials have released their proposal on how they plan to spend $1.9 billion to buy up Native American-owned fractionated land tracts and turn them...
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Interior Seeks Comments on Cobell Land Consolidation Draft Plan
(Washington D.C.) -- The Department of the Interior today announced two important steps in the ongoing commitment to fulfilling this nation’s trust...
1/30/2012
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A Public Letter From the Cobell Lawyers Prompts Ethics and Harassment Concerns
(Washington D.C.) -- Lawyers for the many plaintiffs in the class-action suit attached to the Cobell settlement took that case’s seemingly endless saga to a new...
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Objectors of Native American settlement revealed
(Montana) -- Carol Good Bear started getting the calls about a week ago, after the attorneys who had negotiated a $3.4 billion settlement over misspent Native American...
1/21/2012
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Woman challenges historic Native class-action settlement
(Nebraska) -- Mary Lee Johns isn't one to back down from a fight. So when she learned Friday that attorneys for plaintiffs in the largest government class-action...
1/7/2012
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Craven Appeal of Cobell Moves Forward
(Washington D.C.) -- Kimberly Craven – the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate woman sometimes incorrectly styled as the sole objector to the Cobell settlement – is...
12/22/2011
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Indian Records Repository in Kansas Preserves Indian Records
(Kansas) -- At the height of the Cobell lawsuit over the federal government’s mismanagement of the Individual Indian Money (IIM) trust, the U.S. Department of...
11/22/2011
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The burial of Elouise Cobell
(Montana) -- Elouise Cobell filed her class action suit in 1996 and originally thought it would take only three years to resolve the issues. She joined Interior...
11/2/2011
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Native Sun News: Oglala Sioux man fights Cobell settlement
(South Dakota) -- One Lakota man’s story and willingness to protest alone, speaks for many Native people across Indian country who are left in the dark about the...
10/29/2011
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OP/ED: Native American rights: Elouise Cobell, 'Blackfoot warrior,' R.I.P.
(Oregon) -- It is the rare human being who gets to be enshrined in the pantheon of heroes. I remember the Herblock cartoon that came out the day after Dwight Eisenhower...
10/27/2011
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COMMENTARY: A Blackfeet Warrior Who Enforced Federal Promises
(USA) -- Elouise Cobell was a warrior, as Jim Scott, vice chairman of the board of directors for Montana’s First Interstate Bank, told mourners at her funeral...
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Exclusive: President Barack Obama Remembers Elouise Cobell
(Washington D.C.) -- With the passing of Elouise Cobell, a proud member of the Blackfeet Nation of Montana, we have lost a champion of Native American rights. Her...
10/25/2011
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Nick Rahall to Speak on Elouise Cobell in Front of House of Representatives
(Washington D.C.) -- The honorable Nick J. Rahall, III of West Virginia will take to the floor of the House of Representatives today and deliver a speech in honor of the...
10/24/2011
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Blackfeet, friends and admirers pay tribute to Cobell's courage
(Montana) -- Lifelong friends and government dignitaries joined the family of Elouise Pepion Cobell to celebrate and honor her life at a funeral Mass on Saturday in the...
10/23/2011
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Cancer claims Cobell, warrior of the people
(Arizona) -- Throughout the 16 years she pursued litigation against the federal government on behalf of 500,000 holders of individual Indian trust accounts, Elouise...
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LETTER: Cobell fought hard for settlement
(Montana) -- The Cobell family, the Blackfeet Tribe and Indian Country have lost a tireless and intelligent leader whose perseverance contributed $3.4 billion in...
10/22/2011
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Native Americans come from across U.S. to pay respects to Cobell
(Montana) -- They came from the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, from the Navajo Nation in New Mexico and Arizona, from the Seminole Tribe in Florida.
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Woman behind Indian trust case remembered for grit
(Montana) -- Elouise Cobell was remembered on Saturday as a warrior whose compassion and grit drove her to dedicate the last 16 years of her life to holding the U.S....
10/21/2011
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Elouise Cobell’s Documentarian Says Goodbye
(California) -- Melinda Janko, a filmmaker with Fire in the Belly Productions, has been following Elouise Cobell around the country for years, documenting the latest...
10/20/2011
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Cancer claims Cobell, warrior of the people
(Arizona) -- Throughout the 16 years she pursued litigation against the federal government on behalf of 500,000 holders of individual Indian trust accounts, Elouise...
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GERARD: Remembering Elouise Cobell
(USA) -- The Cobell Family, the Blackfeet Tribe and Indian country has lost a tireless and intelligent leader whose perseverance contributed $3.4 billion in...
10/19/2011
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PASSING: Elouise Cobell
(Montana) -- Elouise Cobell, whose Blackfeet name was Yellow Bird Woman and who has died aged 65, sued the United States government for billions of dollars plundered...
10/18/2011
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Assistant Secretary Larry Echo Hawk statement on the passing of Elouise Cobell
(Washington D.C.) -- Indian Country, as well as the entire nation, has lost a champion of human rights. Elouise Cobell battled to make our country acknowledge historical...
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Cobell funeral service set for Saturday
(Montana) -- A funeral service for Native American activist Elouise Cobell will be held Saturday in Browning. Family spokesman Bill McAllister says the funeral will be...
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Elouise Cobell's impact felt far beyond the Blackfeet Reservation
(Montana) -- The death of Elouise Cobell, the famed woman who led a 15-year fight for Native Americans' land rights, is being felt all the way from the Blackfeet...
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Indian Country mourns passing of Elouise Cobell
(Montana) -- The Blackfeet woman responsible for the successful 14-year legal battle with the federal government over Indian Trust Fund accounts has passed away. Elouise...
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OP/ED:" Cobell embodied fighting spirit
(Montana) -- The tributes and remembrances began showing up first thing Monday morning, and continued all day. Sen. Max Baucus called Elouise Cobell “a warrior for...
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Secretary Salazar statement on the passing of Elouise Cobell
(Washington D.C.) -- I am deeply saddened by the loss of Elouise Cobell, who dedicated her life to the betterment of Indian people. She sought justice to address...
10/17/2011
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Blackfeet Woman Sued Washington for Unpaid Indian Royalties
(Montana) -- Elouise Cobell's determination to see justice done for thousands of Indians resulted in a recent $3.4 billion settlement, among the largest government...
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Elouise Cobell dies at 65; Native American activist
(Montana) -- Elouise Cobell, the treasurer of the Blackfeet tribe who tenaciously pursued a lawsuit that accused the federal government of cheating Native Americans out...
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Elouise Cobell, Blackfeet woman and pioneer of Indian trust lawsuit, dies
(Montana) -- Elouise Cobell, a Blackfeet woman who led the largest lawsuit against the federal government on behalf of Native Americans, died Sunday at a hospital in...
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Elouise Cobell, Native Leader Dies in Montana
(Montana) -- Elouise Cobell, an enrolled member of Montana's Blackfeet Tribe who led a 16-year landmark legal fight to get the federal government to pay an...
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Leader in Indian trust lawsuit dies
(Montana) -- Elouise Cobell, the Blackfeet Indian who fought the federal government for 15 years over the mismanagement of individual Indian trust accounts, died Sunday...
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Leader in Indian trust lawsuit dies
(Montana) -- Elouise Cobell, who led a 15-year fight to clean up the federal government's management of individual Indian trust accounts, died Sunday in Montana,...
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Native American leader Elouise Cobell dies at 65
(Montana) -- Elouise Cobell took personally the death of each American Indian who never saw a dime in the U.S. government's $3.4 billion settlement in a long battle...
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Obama, other top officials, comment on Cobell's death
(Washington D.C.) -- "Michelle and I were saddened to hear about the passing of Elouise Cobell yesterday. Elouise spoke out when she saw that the Interior...
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UM Students, Staff Mourn Elouise Cobell
(Montana) -- The Blackfeet woman who took on the Department of Interior to win a record $3.4 billion settlement for Indian people has died in Great Falls. Elouise Cobell...
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Call For Claims In Native American Class Action Suit
(Wyoming) -- Keepseagle vs Vilsack class action lawsuit stems from a more than a decade old lawsuit claiming that the US Department of Agriculture discriminated against...
10/16/2011
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Elouise Cobell, force behind Indian trust case, dies at 65
(Montana) -- Elouise Cobell, the Blackfeet woman from Browning who won a historic $3.4 billion settlement for Indian people cheated by the federal government, died...
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Indian leader Elouise Cobell dies
(Montana) -- Elouise Cobell, who spearheaded a legal campaign that resulted in a historic multi-billion settlement on behalf of Native Americans, has died.
10/8/2011
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D.C. judge chides Cobell lawyers for trying to squelch appeal
(Washington D.C.) -- The $3.4 billion Indian trust land settlement known as Cobell has been one of the most hotly-litigated and longest-running class actions in history.
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Judge Irked Over Class Counsel Motion In Cobell Indian-Trust Case
(Washington D.C.) -- Class counsel that won approval of a $3.4 billion settlement to a class-action lawsuit against the U.S. government over mismanagement of Indian...
10/7/2011
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Judge Chides Plaintiffs' Lawyers In Indian Trust Class Action
(Washington D.C.) -- A federal judge in Washington will not require opponents of the $3.4 billion settlement in an Indian trust class action to front any money while...
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Judge removes hurdle to challenge of $3.4B Indian lands settlement
(Washington D.C.) -- A federal judge has removed a hurdle for people challenging the federal government’s $3.4 billion settlement of an Indian land mismanagement...
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Ruling clears way for appeals of Indian trust deal
(Washington D.C.) -- A federal judge has cleared the path for appeals to move forward in a $3.4 billion U.S. government settlement over mismanaged American Indian land...
10/6/2011
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Ruling clears way for appeals of Indian trust deal
(Montana) -- A federal judge has cleared the path for appeals to move forward in a $3.4 billion U.S. government settlement over mismanaged American Indian land royalties...
10/3/2011
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MONTEAU: Supreme Court May Have a Different Opinion About Cobell
(Washington D.C.) -- Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s recent safari to New Mexico to meet the Pueblo people and to make a guest appearance at a student forum at the...
9/28/2011
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Landmark federal lawsuit: $3.4 billion Indian Trust Fund case appealed
(Arizona) -- It’s not over, but a lot of Native Americans thought it was when a federal judge in Washington, D.C. signed the history making court order on Aug. 4...
9/16/2011
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S.E. RUCKMAN: 'Cobell Warming'
(USA) -- Sometimes words just stick together and a phrase is born. Online digging says that centuries ago coining a phrase was usually for promotional purposes. Suddenly...
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Senators Recommend Medal for Cobell, Plaintiff in Indian Suit
(Washington D.C.) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced today that he will co-sponsor legislation recommending American Indian activist Eloise Cobell...
9/14/2011
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Court To Expedite Appeal In $3.4B Class Action Settlement
(Washington D.C.) -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has agreed to expedite a challenge to the $3.4 billion Native American class action settlement that a...
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CTUIR rep works to educate Indians on trust settlement
(Oregon) -- Andrea Hall is working to help American Indians better understand their place in a national lawsuit and whether they are eligible for part of a $3.4 billion...
9/12/2011
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Allottee decries challenges to Cobell
(Arizona) -- Four people or entities have announced they will appeal the long-awaited $3.4 billion settlement of Cobell v. Salazar, prompting head-shaking from a group...
9/6/2011
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Legal wrangling to delay payout in massive Indian class-action lawsuit
(Washington D.C.) -- Payments in a $3.4 billion settlement to Native Americans could be delayed by more than a year because of appeals filed, and rebutted, in August....
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Senators want to honor Cobell with congressional medal
(Montana) -- Sens. Jon Tester and Max Baucus introduced legislation Tuesday to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Elouise Cobell, the Browning woman who successfully...
9/1/2011
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Judge approves Cobell settlement
(Washington D.C.) -- A federal judge has approved a $3.4 billion settlement over mismanaged Indian royalties that represents the largest claim ever made against the U.S...
8/29/2011
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State issues fraud warning to Native Americans
(Utah) -- The state has a word of warning for some Native Americans who may be targeted by investment scammers.
8/18/2011
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Second Regional Tribal Consultation on Cobell Trust Land Consolidation Program
(Washington D.C.) -- Deputy Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs for Policy and Economic Development Jodi Gillette and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Director Michael...
8/5/2011
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Helena Indian Alliance representative reacts to Cobell Settlement
(Montana) -- A representative from the Helena Indian Alliance says viewpoints on settlement differ on individual basis
8/1/2011
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Cobell settlement in final stages
(New Mexico) -- American Indians who want to claim their portion of the $3.4 billion Cobell vs. Salazar settlement must file the paperwork by Sept. 16. That's 51...
7/31/2011
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SEC Warns Native American Land Settlement Recipients of Scams
(Montana) -- More than half a million Native Americans will soon be sharing a 3.4 billion dollar government settlement. But they are being warned to watch out for...
7/29/2011
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SEC: Scams may target $3.4B Indian settlement
(Montana) -- The Securities and Exchange Commission warned Native Americans on Friday against scammers who may be coming after their share of a $3.4 billion settlement...
7/26/2011
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Salazar Signals ‘New Era for Indian Country’
(Washington D.C.) -- Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is using the Cobell settlement to kick off what he calls a “new era for Indian country...
7/25/2011
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RAVE: Milestone in Cobell Indian trust case
(Montana) -- In a crowded federal courtroom near the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on June 20, the first person to testify was Elouise Pepion Cobell, a member of...
7/16/2011
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Salazar meets with tribal leaders to discuss land trust lawsuit settlement
(Montana) -- Interior Secretary Ken Salazar was headed to Billings, Mont., on Friday to open discussions with tribal leaders from the Great Plains and Rocky Mountain...
7/15/2011
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5 more regional tribal consultation scheduled for Cobell Settlement
(Washington D.C.) -- Deputy Secretary of the Interior David J. Hayes today announced five additional regional tribal consultations to discuss the land consolidation...
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Oklahoma tribal consultation in Cobell lawsuit set
(Oklahoma) -- One of five regional additional tribal consultations concerning a lawsuit over past mismanagement of American Indian land royalties by the federal...
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Tribes meet to discuss Cobell settlement
(Montana) -- Tribes from all over the Northern Rockies and Great Plains will be meeting Friday to start sorting through the complicated land settlement points of the...
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Interior chief Salazar visits tribal reps about "historic" Cobell settlement
(Montana) -- U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar visited Montana on Friday and spoke to hundreds of members from tribes across the region. Salazar visited...
7/14/2011
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Native Americans Win $3.4 Billion Settlement for U.S. Government's Mismanagement of Millions of Acres of Land
(USA) -- After 15 years of litigation, a monumental class action lawsuit regarding trust accounts for half a million Native Americans was settled on June 20 by Judge...
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Interior Department begins consultation for land consolidation
(Montana) -- The Interior Department will hold the first consultation meeting for the land consolidation portion of the Indian trust fund settlement in Billings, Montana...
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Salazar attending first consultation in Billings
(Montana) -- On Friday, July 15, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Deputy Secretary David J. Hayes will attend the first regional government-to-government...
7/8/2011
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Transcript posted from fairness hearing for Cobell trust fund case
(Washington D.C.) -- The transcript from the June 20 fairness hearing in the Cobell trust fund lawsuit has been posted online. Judge Thomas F. Hogan approved the $3.4...
7/6/2011
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Government Settles Trust Lawsuit With Native Americans
(Washington D.C.) -- Calling it “the beginning of a new era” in the U.S. government’s relations with Native American communities, Secretary of the...
7/1/2011
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End of Cobell bittersweet for Diné leader
(Washington D.C.) -- The news that a federal judge had approved the $3.4 billion settlement of Cobell v. Salazar was bittersweet news for the leader of a Navajo group...
6/29/2011
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Cobell Case wins final approval
(Washington D.C.) -- On June 21, Senior U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan gave final approval to a $3.4 billion settlement over the federal government's...
6/28/2011
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Federal judge approves $3.4 billion settlement in Cobell v. Salazar case
(Wisconsin) -- U.S. Senior District Judge Thomas F. Hogan gave final approval last week to a $3.4 billion settlement that brings closure to a 15-year class action suit...
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SEC. SALAZAR: A Historic Step Toward True Trust Reform
(Washington D.C.) -- An historic court action on June 20 signaled the beginning of a new era in the U.S. Government’s relations with American Indian communities....
6/27/2011
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Cobell Concludes with the Rich Getting Richer
(Washington D.C.) -- In the end, the long-running Cobell case was settled in less than a day. The result will see some involved with the case, especially lawyers, become...
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Native Americans' victory, Cobell's triumph
(Washington) -- A federal judge brought an end to 16 years of litigation over the U.S. government's mismanagement of Indian trust accounts. The judge approved the...
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This Land Is Our Land / How a 19th-century law that ‘allotted’ reservation lands led to the federal government’s largest-ever lawsuit settlement
(USA) -- Joseph Reynolds knew that he owned land on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, but he didn’t know exactly where. Reynolds, who inherited the land...
6/25/2011
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NORRELL: The Cobell Settlement 'Rolling Snake Eyes'
(USA) -- The mainstream media is claiming the Cobell Settlement of the Indian trust fund lawsuit is a victory -- because they didn’t do their homework. American...
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SALAZAR: A Historic Step Toward True Trust Reform
(Washington D.C.) -- A historic court action on June 20 signaled the beginning of a new era in the U.S. Government’s relations with American Indian communities.
6/23/2011
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Judge approves Final Cobell Settlement
(Washington D.C.) -- Elouise Cobell, a member of the Blackfeet Tribe of Montana, decided in 1996 that enough was enough and she was tired of not having a resolution to...
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Tribe to get portion of settlment from lawsuit
(Wisconsin) -- The head of Wisconsin’s Lac du Flambeau Indian tribe is getting $150,000 from the settlement of a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit.
6/22/2011
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BLOG: Cobell Settlement: A knife in our backs
(Washington D.C.) -- “Real justice for these Indians may still lie in the distant future; it may never come at all. This reality makes a statement about our...
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Judge Approves Largest Settlement Ever against U.S. Government…$3.4 Billion
(Washington D.C.) -- A federal judge has approved the largest settlement ever against the U.S. government, clearing the way for more than a billion dollars to be...
6/21/2011
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American Indians in Minn. to receive part of $3.4B settlement
(Minnesota) -- Thousands of American Indians in Minnesota will receive payments from $3.4 billion settlement of a lawsuit alleging the federal government mismanaged...
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Federal Judge Gives Final Approval to Indian Trust Fund Settlement
(Washington D.C.) -- A federal judge in D.C. on Monday endorsed a $3.4 billion settlement for hundreds of thousands of American Indians whose trust accounts were...
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Judge Approves $3.4 Billion Settlement of Native American Suit
(Washington D.C.) -- Even after the Wal-Mart ruling, class actions are still alive and well. At least one is. Federal judge Thomas Hogan yesterday approved a $3.4...
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Judge Grants Cobell Settlement Final Approval
(Washington D.C.) -- After years of intense legal arguments, it took a federal judge less than a day to affirm that a settlement to a case involving the federal...
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Judge Okays $3.4 Billion Cobell Settlement, Kilpatrick to Share $99 Million in Fees
(Washington D.C.) -- Following a nearly seven-hour fairness hearing, Washington, D.C. federal district court Judge Thomas Hogan late Monday approved a $3.4 billion...
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Native American-U.S. case settled on Indian land trust accounts
(Washington D.C.) -- A federal judge on Monday approved the $3.4 billion settlement between the U.S. government and American Indians who sued 15 years ago over...
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Salazar, Perrelli applaud final approval of Cobell settlement
(Washington D.C.) -- Today, the Departments of Justice and Interior applauded the final approval by U.S. Senior District Judge Thomas F. Hogan of Cobell v. Salazar, a...
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Statement by the President on the Approval of the Cobell Settlement by U.S. Senior District Judge Thomas F. Hogan
(Washington D.C.) -- After fifteen years of litigation, today’s decision marks another important step forward in the relationship between the federal government...
6/20/2011
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Judge Approves $3.4B Settlement Between US, American Indians
(Washington D.C.) -- A U.S. judge has approved a $3.4 billion settlement of a long-running lawsuit over the government's mismanagement of money and land it held for...
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Judge Approves $3.4B Settlement in Native American Class Action
(Washington D.C.) -- A federal judge in Washington on Monday evening approved a landmark $3.4 billion settlement in a Native American class action that stands to...
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Salazar, Perrelli applaud final approval of Cobell settlement
(Washington D.C.) -- Today, the Departments of Justice and Interior applauded the final approval by U.S. Senior District Judge Thomas F. Hogan of Cobell v. Salazar, a...
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US approves $3.4bn native American settlement
(Washington D.C.) -- A US federal judge has approved a $3.4bn settlement over mismanaged native American royalties, in a case that represents the largest settlement ever...
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Elouise Cobell Statement at Fairness Hearing
(Montana) -- Your Honor, my name is Elouise Cobell. I am an enrolled member of the Blackfeet Tribe and I was born, raised and presently reside on the Blackfeet...
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Tribes Seek Help on Legal Fee Payout
(Washington D.C.) -- After suing federal officials and winning billions of dollars, American Indian tribal leaders are seeking the government's help against lawyers on...
6/19/2011
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Judge to hear $3.4B Indian settlement case
(Montana) -- A hearing is planned Monday on the fairness of a $3.4 billion settlement reached in a lawsuit that claimed the government mismanaged the accounts of...
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Justice as important as the money in Cobell case
(Oklahoma) -- A proposed $3.4 billion settlement of a 1996 class-action lawsuit would mean paydays - in some cases, huge ones - for half a million American Indians,...
6/17/2011
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Cobell fairness hearing starts Monday; billions of dollars at stake
(Washington D.C.) -- On Monday morning, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., will begin hearing arguments on the fairness of a settlement agreement reached in a class-...
6/13/2011
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Billings to host discussions on Cobell settlement
(Montana) -- The first of a half-dozen regional government-to-government tribal consultations to talk about part of the Cobell settlement is set to take place in...
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Billings to host tribal consultation on settlement
(Montana) -- Billings will host the first of six regional tribal consultations on the trust land component of the government's $3.4 billion settlement with American...
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Cobell consolidations topic of first tribal consultation
(Montana) -- The first of six consultations between tribal governments and the U.S. Department of the Interior on Cobell trust land consolidations will be held in...
6/6/2011
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Interior Sets Cobell Land Consolidation Consultations
(Washington D.C.) -- The Department of the Interior has signaled that it will soon publish a Federal Register notice announcing its intent to begin formal government-to-...
6/5/2011
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Why I Opted Out of the Cobell Settlement
(Colorado) -- Ten Cent Treaty, Le Pay, allotments in Montana, lease checks the neighbors received, Grandpa saying, “I am still waiting for my allotment.”...
5/27/2011
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Secretary Salazar Wants His Pay
(Washington D.C.) -- A new congressional battle over a pay increase for Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar serves to indirectly highlight the long wait...
5/20/2011
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Proving Beneficiary Status In Cobell Settlement A Process Of Its Own
(Montana) -- Time is running out for people to join a $3.4 billion lawsuit settlement over mismanaged indian land royalties. But, proving you belong in the settlement is...
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OP/ED: Concern for Cobell rooted in genuine admiration
(Montana) -- Blackfeet Tribal member and crusader of the rights of Indian-landowners, past and present, we imagine Elouise Cobell wasn't real thrilled when the news...
5/17/2011
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Lead plaintiff in Indian trust case battles cancer
(Montana) -- A Blackfeet woman who has led a 15-year legal battle to reclaim Native American land royalties that were mismanaged by the federal government said Monday...
5/5/2011
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Hastings subpoenas lawyers in Indian trust lawsuit
(Washington D.C.) -- U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings has subpoenaed the plaintiffs' lawyers handling the $3.4 billion settlement in a class action lawsuit over the federal...
5/4/2011
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Subpoena seeks documents from Cobell lawyers by May 13
(Washington D.C.) -- Subpoenas issued by the Republican majority on the House Natural Resources Committee demand documents from two attorneys in the Indian trust fund...
4/27/2011
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D.C. Judge Questions Bank Selection in Native American Class Action
(Washington D.C.) -- The federal judge overseeing the $750 million settlement in a Native American class action expressed concern Tuesday over the selection of four...
4/25/2011
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Judge Wants Info on Bank Selection Process in Class Action Settlement
(Washington D.C.) -- The plaintiffs' lawyers overseeing the $750 million settlement in a discrimination suit brought by Native American farmers and ranchers proposed...
4/20/2011
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Objection in $3.4 billion Cobell Indian trust settlement
(Washington D.C.) -- Today the Center for Class Action Fairness filed an objection to the $3.4 billion taxpayer-funded Cobell Indian trust settlement on behalf of...
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Lawyer looking for beneficiaries who object to Cobell deal
(California) -- An attorney in California wants to represent Indian beneficiaries who object to the $3.4 billion settlement in the Indian trust fund lawsuit. Darrell...
4/18/2011
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Letter, 4/15: Trust settlement not stalled
(Virginia) -- Please be advised that the Indian Trust settlement is not stalled, as your editorial stated ("Attorney fee request out of line," April 13). The...
4/14/2011
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Editorial, 4/13: Attorney fee request out of line
(Nebraska) -- When Congress at long last approved a $3.4 billion settlement last year to Natives for the shameful way it handled their trust accounts for more than a...
4/11/2011
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Indian Trust settlement meeting set in Toppenish
(Washington) -- Native Americans can find out how to participate in the recent $3.4 billion settlement of a class action lawsuit Monday. The 10 a.m. meeting addresses...
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Indian trust settlement will help Yakamas, a little
(Washington) -- Thousands of Yakama tribal members could benefit from a $3.4 billion settlement over the federal government's mismanagement of Indian trust accounts.
4/10/2011
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Cobell Indian trust settlement meeting set for Thursday
(Minnesota) -- A meeting about the $3.4 billion Cobell Indian Trust settlement will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 14, at the Shooting Star Casino and Event Center...
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WASHINGTON POST: Legal fee excesses in Indian case
(Washington D.C.) -- LATE LAST YEAR, President Obama signed into law a $3.4 billion settlement with Native Americans who had sued the U.S. government for swindling them...
4/8/2011
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EDITORIAL: Don't let new lawyers'-fee claim scuttle Cobell settlement
(Montana) -- Not so fast! When we applauded President Obama's signing in December of legislation settling for $3.4 billion a lawsuit over federal mismanagement of...
4/6/2011
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Bill revisits legal fees in Indian lawsuit
(Washington D.C.) -- A fight over legal fees almost killed a landmark class-action settlement last year between Native Americans and the federal government over...
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Legal fees debated in $3.4 billion Indian trust case settlement
(Washington D.C.) -- Rep. Dan Boren on Tuesday cautioned against changes to the $3.4 billion settlement in the Indian trust case, saying it’s time for a federal...
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Panel hears plan to cap fees in $3.4B settlement
(Washington D.C.) -- Attorneys in the government's $3.4 billion settlement with American Indians over mismanaged royalties are "stonewalling" a...
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Rep. Young threatens subpoenas over bill on Cobell attorney fees
(Washington D.C.) -- Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, threatened to issue subpoenas today after the...
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Indian Trust Settlement filing deadline is April 20
(Washington D.C.) -- The court-ordered process of notifying individual Indians of their legal rights in the $3.4 billion class action settlement, Cobell v. Salazar, is...
4/5/2011
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Panel to hear plan to cap fees in $3.4B settlement
(Washington D.C.) -- Lawmakers angry with attorneys more than doubling their fee request in a $3.4 billion American Indian settlement are proposing to cap those fees at...
4/3/2011
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Gosar co-sponsors native rights bill
(Washington D.C.) -- Paul Gosar, DDS (R-CD1) signed on as a co-sponsor to H.R. 887 recently. The congressman says the bill has two purposes. One key aspect of this bill...
4/1/2011
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Lawyers Quarrel Over Fees in Native American Class Action
(Washington D.C.) -- As lawyers for a class of Native Americans fight for potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in legal fees, a side issue has arisen over whether...
3/31/2011
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Rep. Cole questions need for bill to limit Cobell attorney fees
(Washington D.C.) -- Rep. Tom Cole (R-Oklahoma), the only Native American in Congress, doesn't think lawmakers should be interfering with the $3.4 billion settlement...
3/29/2011
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Deadline approaching in $3.4 billion Cobell settlement
(Washington D.C.) -- The court-ordered process of notifying individual Native Americans of their legal rights in the historic $3.4 billion class action Settlement,...
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Key Deadline Approaches for Native Americans in $3.4 Billion Indian Trust Settlement
(Washington D.C.) -- The Court-ordered process of notifying individual Indians of their legal rights in the historic $3.4 billion class action Settlement, Cobell v....
3/28/2011
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Subcommittee sets hearing on bill to limit Cobell attorney fees
(Washington D.C.) -- The House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs will hold a hearing next week on H.R.887, a bill to limit attorney fees in the Indian...
3/23/2011
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Elouise Cobell tells students trust case's lesson: 'Stand up for your rights'
(Montana) -- The dollar amounts can boggle the mind, starting with a settlement of $3.4 billion for American Indians across the nation. But Elouise Cobell doesn't...
3/22/2011
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Oklahomans question Cobell attorney fees
(Oklahoma) -- Some Individual Indian Money (IIM) account holders are wondering why their attorneys may receive more money than them from the $3.4 billion settlement in...
3/21/2011
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DOJ Asks Judge To Limit Fees At $30.4M In Class Action
(Washington D.C.) -- U.S. Justice Department lawyers have asked a federal judge in Washington to limit legal fees in a Native American farmer and rancher class action to...
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DOJ Urges $30.4 Million Keepseagle Legal Fee Cap
(Washington D.C.) -- A major American Indian farmer class action should have its legal fees capped at $30.4 million, Justice Department lawyers told a U.S. District...
3/20/2011
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Looking for Answers
(Oklahoma) -- To Eddie Jacobs, the Cobell case is personal. He is not just an Individual Indian Monies (IIM) account holder with a number, he said.
3/19/2011
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Cobell and CDFIs
(Colorado) -- Can Indian country achieve prosperity without risk? Or better yet, are we courageous enough to lead the way to economic prosperity and sovereignty by...
3/18/2011
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Tribal citizens may qualify for portion of trust settlement
(Oklahoma) -- Most area residents have probably seen the recent TV commercials or newspaper advertisements about a $3.4 billion Indian trust settlement.
3/17/2011
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Proposed class-action settlement could pay big for Oklahoma Indians
(Oklahoma) -- A proposed settlement to a massive federal class-action lawsuit alleging mismanagement of American Indian trust assets could mean tax-free payments of...
3/14/2011
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Quapaw Tribal Members Say No to Settlement Money
(Missouri) -- "There were land transactions, money transactions and many people didn't understand the financial aspect," says Quapaw tribal member Grace...
3/13/2011
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Cherokee Nation directing Cobell queries to website
(Oklahoma) -- After a $3.4 billion settlement was reached in the Cobell v. Salazar lawsuit between the federal government and individual Indian plaintiffs, Cherokee...
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Oklahoma Native Americans to be briefed on trust settlement
(Oklahoma) -- Information on how Native Americans in Oklahoma can share in the recently approved $3.4 billion settlement of Indian Trust claims will be discussed at a...
3/12/2011
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J.D. Colbert: Cobell attorney fee request a sign of greed, betrayal
(Oklahoma) -- To the Mount Rushmore of Greed and Betrayal -- including among others, Benedict Arnold, Judas, Bernie Madoff and Jack Abramoff -- must now be added the...
3/10/2011
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Cobell team to hold meetings in Oklahoma to discuss settlement
(Oklahoma) -- Attorneys for the Indian trust fund lawsuit will be in Oklahoma next week to discuss the $3.4 billion settlement to the case. Keith Harper, Rob Harmala...
3/9/2011
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Plaintiffs' Lawyers in Cobell Defend $223M Fee Request
(Washington D.C.) -- The plaintiffs' lawyers handling a landmark Indian trust case in Washington say their argument that they deserve at least $223 million in legal...
3/8/2011
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Meetings set to explain Indian Trust claims
(Montana) -- A pair of meetings will be held this week to help let American Indians in Montana learn how they can share in the recently approved $3.4 billion settlement...
3/7/2011
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Cap Fees in Indian Trust Case, House GOP Members Argue
(Washington D.C.) -- Two House Republicans have introduced legislation to cap the legal fees in a high-profile American Indian trust account class action, The Blog of...
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Two House Republicans Push Bill Limiting Cobell Legal Fees At $50M
(Washington D.C.) -- As the Justice Department has begun its court fight over legal fees in a high-profile Indian trust account class action in Washington, two House...
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Meetings discuss Indian Trust money
(Montana) -- Meetings in Pablo and Browning next week will tell American Indians in Montana how they can share in the recently approved $3.4 billion settlement of Indian...
3/5/2011
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Indians could be eligible for cash from settlement
(Washington) -- The plaintiff says it’s the biggest class action suit ever settled by the United States government. About $3.4 billion will be paid out to...
3/4/2011
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Congressmen try to cap Cobell attorney fees
(Washington D.C.) -- Two Republican lawmakers introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday that would cap lawyers’ fees in the $3.4 billion...
3/2/2011
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Chairmen Young, Hastings Introduce Legislation Limiting Excessive Attorney Fees in Cobell Settlement
(Washington D.C.) --
“Every dollar paid to attorneys is a dollar that comes out of the pocket of individual Indians in this settlement”...
3/1/2011
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DOJ Urges Judge to Grant 'Modest' Incentive Award in Cobell Case
(Washington D.C.) -- Justice Department lawyers have asked a federal judge to reject the demand from four Native American class representatives for $13 million in...
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Key deadline approaching for beneficiaries to Cobell settlement
(Washington D.C.) -- Indian beneficiaries face an important deadline in the $3.4 billion settlement to the Indian trust fund lawsuit, an attorney in the case said on...
2/25/2011
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Cobell Attorneys and Keepseagle Attorneys - The Real Beneficiaries.
(North Dakota) -- The way I see it Elouise Cobell’s intentions were that of receiving what was owed. Is this truly the case in this case, with the lawyers...
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Former Sen. Dorgan: $223M Legal Fee Request is 'Shameful'
(Washington D.C.) -- Former Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota, who championed a landmark settlement to resolve a Native American class action in Washington, today...
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Lawyers seek to double fees in Indian claims case
(Washington D.C.) -- Lawyers representing Native Americans helped win a record $3.4 billion settlement with the federal government. Now they want a judge to double their...
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Lawyers want $223 million in Cobell case
(Montana) -- Attorneys who represented Montana’s Elouise Cobell in a class-action lawsuit against the government have asked a federal judge in Washington, D.C., to...
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Montana, Wyoming Indians notified in Cobell settlement
(Montana) -- A media campaign is under way to notify American Indians in Montana and Wyoming that they may be eligible for $1,000 or more from a settlement in the Cobell...
2/23/2011
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Cobell Lawyers Seeking Further Compensation
(Washington D.C.) -- The Cobell lawyers are stoking the ire of political power players and Indians who are alarmed by their growing requests for remuneration. The...
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