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  2. Cobell v. Salazar - Wikipedia

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    Cobell v. Salazar (previously Cobell v.Kempthorne and Cobell v.Norton and Cobell v.Babbitt) is a class-action lawsuit brought by Elouise Cobell and other Native American representatives in 1996 against two departments of the United States government: the Department of Interior and the Department of the Treasury for mismanagement of Indian trust funds.

  3. Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations - Wikipedia

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    The Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations implements the land consolidation component of the Cobell v. Salazar Settlement, which provided $1.9 billion to purchase fractional interests in trust or restricted land from willing sellers at fair market value. Consolidated interests are immediately restored to tribal trust ownership for uses ...

  4. Elouise P. Cobell - Wikipedia

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    Cobell died at the age of 65 on October 16, 2011, in Great Falls, Montana, after a brief battle with cancer. [1] [8] Cobell was the former president of Montana's Elvis Presley fan club, but left these activities to focus on her landmark lawsuit. In her honor, all car radios during her funeral procession were tuned to Elvis songs.

  5. List of people from Montana - Wikipedia

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    Elouise P. Cobell: 1946–2011 [186] Born and lived on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation: Accountant; banker; rancher; lead plaintiff in Cobell v. Salazar, a successful $3.4 billion class action settlement on behalf of Native Americans against the federal government [187] [188] Plenty Coups: 1848–1932

  6. Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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    In 2009 the US government settled a major class action suit against it brought by Elouise Cobell in 1996, known as the Cobell v. Salazar suit. [29] [30] The Ponca are participating in the Department of Interior's Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations, developed as part of this settlement. In August 2016, Interior officials announced that it ...

  7. Claims Resolution Act of 2010 - Wikipedia

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    The case required a $50,000 dollar settlement to every discriminated farmer. However, many potential victims missed the application deadline for a settlement. The bill sets aside $1.5 billion for the estimated 75,000 farmers who are eligible for a settlement. [3] [4] The bill also includes the settlement of the $3.4 billion Cobell v.

  8. Quinault Indian Nation - Wikipedia

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    In July 2016, about 2,500 landowners with interests in the Quinault Reservation were offered about $59 million by the U.S. Department of Interior as part of its Native Lands Buy-Back Program as part of the settlement of the Cobell v. Salazar class-action suit. [6] [7] The land purchased will be put into trust for the tribe at this reservation ...

  9. Fort Belknap Indian Reservation - Wikipedia

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    As part of the 2009 settlement of the Cobell v. Salazar class-action suit, the Department of Interior has set up the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations to buy back such fractionated land from descendants, on a purely voluntary basis, with market value being offered. The land portions of those who accept the offers will be put in federal ...