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Some members of the Chippewa Cree and Little Shell tribes may be eligible to receive payments from a long-standing class action lawsuit.
The nearly 30-year-old case,
Leslie Ann Wilkie Peltier, et al. v. Deb Haaland, et al., also known as Pembina, concerns the Pembina Band of Chippewa Indians, a tribe that entered into a treaty and agreement with the U.S. government.
In 1863, the Pembina band signed a treaty selling what is now the North Dakota-Minnesota borderlands to the U.S. In the 1890s, the band entered an agreement with the federal government and sold its North Dakota-Canadian borderlands.
$59M settlement addresses 1800s Ojibwe land grabs in Minnesota and North Dakota
The Pembina Band of Chippewas whose descendants today include members of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa and White Earth Band of Ojibwe were forced to sign away millions of acres of land, some for 10 cents an acre. A settlement offers additional compensation. Written By: Patrick Springer | ×
Studio portrait of the Pembina Band of Chippewa delegation taken in Washington, D.C., in 1874. National Museum of the American Indian photo
FARGO A delegation that negotiated a treaty to obtain a large swath of the Red River Valley from the Ojibwe showed up with added persuasion: almost 300 soldiers and a Gatling gun.
Settlement coming on Pembina lawsuit against federal government
Photograph provided by the National Museum of the American Indian
Studio portrait of the Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) Delegation. Taken in Washington, D.C., in 1880.
A settlement is finally on the way in a dispute some 150 years old, in one of the earliest lawsuits filed claiming the federal government had mishandled trust moneys it held for Native American tribes. It was what I call FILO, first in, last out, Native American Rights Fund attorney Melody McCoy, who is representing the plaintiffs, said. McCoy said final approval in a settlement of a claim going back to land transfers in 1863 and 1892 was made in November 2020, and NARF is trying to contact all eligible people who could receive an award before an April 29 deadline to opt out or to submi.
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