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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.
Elouise P. Cobell. Lead plaintiff in Cobell v. Salazar; banker, Treasurer of the Blackfeet Tribe. Elouise Pepion Cobell, also known as Yellow Bird Woman (November 5, 1945 – October 16, 2011) [1] (Niitsítapi Blackfoot Confederacy), was a tribal elder and activist, banker, rancher, and lead plaintiff in the groundbreaking class-action suit ...
Claims Resolution Act. The Claims Resolution Act of 2010[1][2] is a federal law enacted by the 111th Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on December 8, 2010. The act is a response to the Pigford v. Glickman case, where black farmers were found to have been discriminated against from 1983 to 1997 by the United States ...
Salazar. 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 ...
The settlement website says people who change their mailing address after submitting a claim are responsible for alerting the claims administrator about their new contact information. To do that ...
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 ...
You can do that online through the settlement website, or you can have a form mailed to you by calling the claims administrator at (877) 390-3368.
The court will decide whether to approve the proposed settlement at a hearing on November 14, 2024. Claims may be filed online on the official settlement website or by mail. Claims must be filed ...