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List of people from Montana ... Elouise P. Cobell: 1946–2011 [186] Born and lived on the ... Salazar, a successful $3.4 billion class action settlement on behalf of ...
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.
In addition, $40 million has been added so far to the Cobell Scholarship Fund. [5] In 2009, when settlement was reached with the government, Cobell said: Although we have reached a settlement totaling more than $3.4 billion, there is little doubt this is significantly less than the full accounting to which individual Indians are entitled.
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 ...
On 4 May [O.S. 14 May] 1607, 105 to 108 English men and boys (surviving the voyage from England) established the Jamestown Settlement for the Virginia Company of London, on a slender peninsula on the bank of the James River. It became the first long-term English settlement in North America. [1] [2]
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.
With the new firm, Harper continued his work as a lead attorney on Cobell, and by the 2010s the lawyers on that case had earned over $85 million in attorneys' fees. [8] The high payments became an issue among some Native Americans, and during 2010–2011 Harper toured Indian country to defend the settlement terms and the payments to attorneys. [9]
Henry Street Settlement: New York, New York: United States The House of The Seven Gables Settlement: Salem, Massachusetts: United States [23] Hudson Guild: New York, New York: United States Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement: Long Island City, New York: United States [24] John Hope Settlement House: Providence, Rhode Island: United States [25]