United States to Announce Tribal Trust Case Settlements Today at the White House

Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Challenge. Discussion »


WASHINGTON – Forty-one American Indian tribes will attend a White House announcement today that will settle several claims by the tribes that date back over 100 years.

White HouseLIVE 1:30 pm

They will hear Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Senior Advisor to the President Valerie Jarrett and other senior members of the Obama Administration announce a significant step forward in the resolution of tribal trust cases pending against the United States.

Today's historic event can be viewed LIVE at 1:30 pm edt at www.WhiteHouse.gov/live. Look to view the Live event here on the Native News Network.

President Obama committed to resolving longstanding disputes American Indians and Alaska Natives have had with the United States. Three significant settlements have occurred during the past three years:

  • In 2010, the Administration settled the $760 million Keepseagle Case brought by American Indian farmers and ranchers who alleged discrimination by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) in its administration of loan programs.
  • President Obama also signed into law the Claims Resolution Act of 2010, which included the Cobell settlement agreement resolving a lawsuit over the management and accounting of over 300,000 individual American Indian trust accounts. The Claims Resolution Act also included four water rights settlements, benefitting seven tribes in Arizona, Montana, and New Mexico.
  • Most recently, in October 2011, the Administration reached a $380 million settlement with the Osage Nation over the tribe's long-standing lawsuit regarding the government's management of trust funds and non-monetary trust resources. That settlement featured, among other things, prospective management measures designed to further improve the trust relationship between the tribe and the United States.

Today's event will mark another key step forward in the Administration's efforts to resolve the disputes that have clouded the shared history of the United States and Indian tribes.

posted April 11, 2012 6:00 am edt

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