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More than 400,000 Native Americans from numerous tribal groups received an early Christmas present last week when the federal government began mailing them $1,000 checks under the landmark $3.4 billion Cobell v. Salazar class action lawsuit settlement.
The Cobell v. Salazar settlement was one of the largest class actions ever filed against the United States, and accused the government of mismanaging money owed to Native Americans under trust funds. The alleged mismanagement dated as far back as the 1880s.
The Indian trust class action settlement was originally settled in December 2009 and later approved by Congress in November 2010. An appeal was filed and the case was held up in court for nearly two years. In May 2012, an appeals court rejected the appeal and upheld the $3.4 billion Indian trust settlement as fair, reasonable and adequate.
On December 12, 2012, the court filed an order directing the Claims Administrator to commence distribution of payments to Class Members no later than December 24, 2012. However, there are thousands of eligible Class Members that have still not filed claims.
According to the Claims Administrator, nearly 40,000 Historical Accounting Class Members are shown as “whereabouts unknown,” and another 10,000 have no contact information in the records furnished by Interior. If you are a member of the Historical Accounting Class and are not currently receiving statements on your IIM account from the government, then you need to provide contact information to the Claims Administrator by calling 1-800-961-6109 or entering the information at www.IndianTrust.com.
In addition, the court has entered a final deadline for submission of claims for the Indian trust class action lawsuit settlement. Any claim forms must be postmarked by March 1, 2013. Claim Forms and more information on the Cobell v. Salazar Indian Trust Class Action Lawsuit Settlement can be found online at www.IndianTrust.com.
UPDATE 1: Second Cobell v. Salazar Settlement Checks Expected Early 2014.
UPDATE 2: More than 30,000 Class Members of the Cobell v. Salazar Indian trust class action settlement are still awaiting payments. Class Counsel explains why.
UPDATE 3: According to the Settlement Administrator, the final round of payments from the Indian Trust settlement could be made in early Fall 2014.
UPDATE 4: A federal judge approved the distribution of payments to more than 15,000 Class Members whose records were missing from the Department of Interior. The first checks were mailed Sept. 15, 2014. Learn more.
UPDATE 5: If you were an Indian Trust beneficiary, you may be entitled to payment from a $3.4 billion class action settlement. More than 30,000 individuals could qualify for benefits from the Indian Trust settlement. Update your contact information and file a claim by Nov. 27, 2017 to get cash from this settlement.
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80 thoughts onCobell v. Salazar Indian Trust Settlement Checks Mailed!
I am in agreement with all of you…I think we are all getting s—–ed again and no one really cares except for us and of course we all know what that means….it just amazes me how people can praise our gov’t about how the gov’t treats them….just wish sometimes they could see it from our perspective. thanks for letting me rant…
When will i receive my money
It really doesn’t matter what number anybody calls regarding the money. You can speak to ten different people and they’ll all tell you something different. The last thing I heard about the second check being mailed out that it should be getting mailed out anytime now until December 2014. Now that’s stupid
UPDATE 5/14/14: More than 30,000 Class Members of the Cobell v. Salazar Indian trust class action settlement are still awaiting payments. Class Counsel explains why.
Yea I sure like to know were the hell the 2nd payment is sure can use it about now.the only thing is the 2nd check is one big check to my big brother then he sends to all nine of us in my family all ten of us so hope it comes soon.we all got a $100 the 1st time now just waiting for the second check.
To no suprise we are failed again. They are thinking of so many alternatives to not be able to pay out Eloise’ hard fought long battle. Pay the f’n dues an let her r.i.p. I got took for my second payment for child support; more like drug habbit support. Another rip in indian country
I kept on asking when are going to send out the payment.(They kept saying we dont know)!!
Were the hell is me and my sister’s money ? No Historical payment its2014 May for god sake’s
I think its time for everyone in different towns to start contacting news stations! This is ridiculous to promise us a date to recieve our checks only to delay several times. If we get their name out there and let them hear how terrible of a company they are running then hopefully we can prevent someone else from dealing with this same kind of issue!!!
I have wondered about the settlement checks. Originally they were to be out in the fall of 2013; then changed to December 2014; then to early 2014. It is now the end of March 2014 and still no checks. Has something delayed this?
Now! Ive heard the pay off is until june are july.