Settlement includes land consolidation program to help promote tribal self-determination and strengthen economic development
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 26, 2012. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today lauded the final approval of the Cobell settlement and outlined steps that Interior will take to help implement the historic $3.4 billion settlement. The settlement resolves a long-running class action lawsuit regarding the U.S. government’s trust management and historical accounting of individual American Indian trust accounts. It became final on…
