Event
Federal funding and trust accounts for Native Americans, 2009 to 2018
The Cobell settlement of 2009 to 2012 and the 2018 Civil Rights Commission finding on Indian Health Service funding.
- Dates
- 2009–2018
- The Great Dying30 scenes
- How are Federal funding and trust accounts for Native Americans, 2009 to 2018 and … connected?
Connections 10
interventions
- Elouise Cobell 8 Dec 2010 the settlement of her class action carries her name Primary record 1
involved
- U.S. Commission on Civil Rights found that Indian Health Service spending per person is well below other federal health programs Primary record 2
- United States government settled the Cobell class action over its management and accounting of individual Indian trust accounts; it became final on 24 November 2012 Primary record 3
- Elouise Cobell lead plaintiff; sued the Interior Department in 1996 Scholarship & press 4
- U.S. Department of the Interior in December 1999 the district judge stated that Interior had breached its trust responsibilities Scholarship & press 4
- U.S. Treasury in February 1999 its Secretary was held in contempt with the Interior officials, for failing to produce and protect records Scholarship & press 4
appears in
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Broken Promises: Continuing Federal Funding Shortfall for Native Americans
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The report's text calls $9,990 federal spending nationwide; its Figure 2.2 labels it national health spending per capita and lists Veterans Health at $9,404 and Medicaid at $7,492.
- Claims Resolution Act of 2010 Primary record 1
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Broken Promises: Continuing Federal Funding Shortfall for Native Americans
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The Dawes Act line is a HUD statement the commission quotes. Stacy Bohlen told the commission in 2016 that "400 million plus acres of land" were exchanged for peace and treaty services.
- Claims Resolution Act of 2010 Primary record 13
Timeline 2 dates
- 2009–2018 Federal funding and trust accounts for Native Americans, 2009 to 2018
- 8 Dec 2010 Elouise Cobell intervened in Federal funding and trust accounts for Native Americans, 2009 to 2018
Proof 4 sources
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Salazar: Settlement agreements first Americans mark historic progress, U.S. Department of the Interior, 8 Dec 2010.
Primary record
The Claims Resolution Act of 2010 signed into law today includes the $3.4 billion Cobell settlement
The Claims Resolution Act of 2010 signed into law today includes the $3.4 billion Cobell settlement regarding the U.S. government's trust management and accounting of Native American trust accounts and resources
The agreement also establishes a $1.9 billion fund for the voluntary buy-back and consolidation of fractionated land interests
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Broken Promises: Continuing Federal Funding Shortfall for Native Americans, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 20 Dec 2018.
Primary record
IHS expenditures per capita remain well below other federal health care programs, and overall IHS funding covers only a fraction of Native American health care needs
In 2016, IHS health care expenditures per person were only $2,834, compared to $9,990 per person for federal health care spending nationwide.
Figure 2.2: 2016 IHS Expenditures Per Capita and Other Federal Health Care Expenditures Per Capita
Under the Dawes Act of 1887, 90 million acres of tribal land was lost through sales to non-Indians
The federal government has failed to honor its trust responsibility to promote Native American self-determination via its support of economic development in Indian country.
The United States expects all nations to live up to their treaty obligations; it should live up to its own.
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Salazar Announces Final Steps on Cobell Litigation and Implementation of Settlement, U.S. Department of the Interior, Nov 2012.
Primary record
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.
Congress approved the Cobell settlement on November 30, 2010 as part of the Claims Resolution Act of 2010.
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The chronology of the Cobell decade, ICT News.
Scholarship & press
Lead plaintiff Elouise Cobell files a suit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., against the Department of the Interior (Cobell v. Babbitt) seeking reform of the Individual Indian Money trust system and accounting for 500,000 accounts over 119 years
Lamberth issues opinion stating that Interior has breached its trust responsibilities and orders quarterly reports on its reform efforts
Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and Assistant Interior Secretary Kevin Gover are found in contempt by Judge Royce Lamberth for failure to produce and protect records
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