BROWNING, Montana, U.S.A.Elouise Cobell, the lead plaintiff in the Cobell vs. Kempthorne lawsuit over the government’s mismanagement of the Indian Trust, issued the follow statement Thursday:
On March 1, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales sent a letter to Senator Byron Dorgan proposing that Congress spend $7 billion over 10 years on various Indian programs.
Whatever this letter purports to be; it is not a proposal to settle the Cobell case.
The letter, in its plain terms, seeks to terminate the individual Indian Trust and eliminate the rights of Indian beneficiaries to an adequate accounting and monetary relief.
Whatever this letter purports to be; it is not a proposal to settle the Cobell case.
The letter, in its plain terms, seeks to terminate the individual Indian Trust and eliminate the rights of Indian beneficiaries to an adequate accounting and monetary relief.
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Elouise Cobell (and friends) and then continue ...
Elouise Cobell (and friends) and then continue ...