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Native Americans in Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota To Be Briefed on Trust Settlement
Minnesota To Be Briefed on Trust Settlement
Information on how Native Americans in three states can share in the recently
approved $3.4 billion settlement of Indian Trust claims will be discussed at five
meetings next week.
On Monday (April 11) Washington attorney Dennis Gingold, will be discussing the
settlement with the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community at the Ojibwa Hotel
Conference Room, 16449 Michigan Ave. in Baraga, Mich., at 2:30 p.lm.
On Tuesday (April 12) he will be meeting with the Lac du Flambeau Community at
the Lake of the Torches, Sokaogon Room, 510 Old Abe Road, Lac du Flambeau,
Wis., at 11 a.m.
On Wednesday (April 13) he will meet members of the Leech Lake Band of
Ojibwe at the Bingo Hall at the Palace Casino, 6280 Upper Cass Frontage Road,
NW, Cass Lake, Minn., at 11 a.m.
Later that day he will meet with members of the Red Lake Band of
Chippewa at the Red Lake Humanities Building, Hwy. 1, Red Lake, Minn.,
at 3 p.m.
On Thursday (April 14) he will meet members of the White Earth Band of
Chippewa at the Shooting Star Casino, in White Earth at 11 a.m.
Native Americans whose families have individual Indian money trust accounts or
who own individual Indian trust land are welcome to attend the meetings,
regardless of their tribal affiliations, and ask questions about the settlement.
In December President Obama signed legislation ending the 15-year-old
class action lawsuit that Elouise Cobell, a member of the Blackfeet Nation from
Montana, and other Native Americans filed against the government in 1996.
The settlement acknowledges that the federal government mismanaged
individual Indians' trust accounts.
Under the settlement, the federal government is creating a $1.5 billion
Accounting/Trust Administration Fund and a $1.9 billion Trust Land
Consolidation Fund. The settlement also creates an Indian Education Scholarship
fund of up to $60 million to improve access to higher education for Indians.
"The settlement represents a hard-won victory for individual Indians," Ms. Cobell
has said."Our hope is that these meetings and a public awareness campaign we
are conducting will get hundreds of thousands of Native Americans to apply for
these funds. It has always been their money and I am delighted we can finally return
some of it to them."
"The settlement not only rights a tremendous wrong to Indian Country, but it will be
a significant help to many Indians," Ms. Cobell has said.
approved $3.4 billion settlement of Indian Trust claims will be discussed at five
meetings next week.
On Monday (April 11) Washington attorney Dennis Gingold, will be discussing the
settlement with the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community at the Ojibwa Hotel
Conference Room, 16449 Michigan Ave. in Baraga, Mich., at 2:30 p.lm.
On Tuesday (April 12) he will be meeting with the Lac du Flambeau Community at
the Lake of the Torches, Sokaogon Room, 510 Old Abe Road, Lac du Flambeau,
Wis., at 11 a.m.
On Wednesday (April 13) he will meet members of the Leech Lake Band of
Ojibwe at the Bingo Hall at the Palace Casino, 6280 Upper Cass Frontage Road,
NW, Cass Lake, Minn., at 11 a.m.
Later that day he will meet with members of the Red Lake Band of
Chippewa at the Red Lake Humanities Building, Hwy. 1, Red Lake, Minn.,
at 3 p.m.
On Thursday (April 14) he will meet members of the White Earth Band of
Chippewa at the Shooting Star Casino, in White Earth at 11 a.m.
Native Americans whose families have individual Indian money trust accounts or
who own individual Indian trust land are welcome to attend the meetings,
regardless of their tribal affiliations, and ask questions about the settlement.
In December President Obama signed legislation ending the 15-year-old
class action lawsuit that Elouise Cobell, a member of the Blackfeet Nation from
Montana, and other Native Americans filed against the government in 1996.
The settlement acknowledges that the federal government mismanaged
individual Indians' trust accounts.
Under the settlement, the federal government is creating a $1.5 billion
Accounting/Trust Administration Fund and a $1.9 billion Trust Land
Consolidation Fund. The settlement also creates an Indian Education Scholarship
fund of up to $60 million to improve access to higher education for Indians.
"The settlement represents a hard-won victory for individual Indians," Ms. Cobell
has said."Our hope is that these meetings and a public awareness campaign we
are conducting will get hundreds of thousands of Native Americans to apply for
these funds. It has always been their money and I am delighted we can finally return
some of it to them."
"The settlement not only rights a tremendous wrong to Indian Country, but it will be
a significant help to many Indians," Ms. Cobell has said.
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