“This is a landmark victory,” said Elouise Cobell, the lead plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit that has demanded the government live up to its obligations to the trust account beneficiaries. “It is now clear that trust law and trust standards fully govern the management of the Individual Indian Trust and that Secretary Norton can no longer ignore the trust duties that she owes to 500,000 individual Indian trust beneficiaries,” observed Ms. Cobell.
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