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1996: Suit claims longstanding U.S. mismanagement of Indian land leases

A class action lawsuit filed by 300,000 American Indians claims that the United States has mismanaged individual Indians’ trust accounts for 120 years. The named plaintiff, Elouise Cobell, Blackfeet, is president of the Blackfeet National Bank in Browning, Montana.

Theme
Federal-Tribal Relations, Land and Water
Region
Arctic, California, Great Basin, Great Plains, Northeast, Northwest Coast, Plateau, Southeast, Southwest, Subarctic

Named plaintiff in class action suit, Elouise Cobell, president, Blackfeet National Bank

Courtesy Kelly Corham/Montana State University