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Cobell Buy-Back Must Advance Indian Country Interests

By Keith Harper (August 24, 2017, 11:42 AM EDT) -- On Dec. 14, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Claims Resolution Act of 2010, which, among other things, settled Cobell v. Salazar for a total of $3.4 billion after 14 years of intense litigation. Of that amount, $1.5 billion was to be distributed to the plaintiff class based on a formula agreed to by the parties and $1.9 billion was set aside as a massive infusion to the Land Consolidation Fund (LCF) in an attempt to meaningfully consolidate Indian land holdings and thereby make such lands more economically viable....

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