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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Native American's Settle $3.4 Billion Settlement With U.S. Government
After nearly 17 years of courtroom actions, hundreds of thousands of Native Americans have won a $3.4 billion settlement with the U.S. government. The appeal period expired Friday meaning payments in the so-called Cobell Settlement could begin by the end of the year. Elouise Cobell, a Blackfeet leader in Montana, sued the government in 1996. She said those who leased Indian land made money from natural resources with no accounting of royalties for Native Americans. The government was responsible, she said, since it holds the land in trust for Native Americans. Cobell died last year, but on Monday, President Barack Obama praised her for her legacy of "honorable work."
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Long overdue.
Yeah, the Bureau of Indian Affairs for DECADES served as the "manager" of Indian lands and resources, when, in fact, they merely rubberstamped the rape and pillage by the oil companies and their proxies of the Indians' land and money. $3.2 billion may SEEM like a like lot, but it is a PITTANCE compared to the profits made...."sovereign nation" my ace. And not one white person went to jail for what is essentially the THEFT of BILLIONS fron the Indians. Surprised?
Don't forget the Dept of the Interior, their hands are as dirty as the BIA. $3.2 billion is a fraction of the original suit.
And how much did they pay for the land
How much did who pay for the land? This money is a pittance of what is rightfully owed to those that have leased their lands to companies like Peabody Coal, ranchers and cattlemen, oil companies and many other thieving companies.
That'll buy a lot of fire water.
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