How much is the Cobell settlement?

The Cobell settlement was approved by Congress on November 30, 2010 (Claims Resolution Act of 2010) and signed by President Obama on December 8, 2010. The $3.4 billion Cobell Settlement includes a $1.9 billion Trust Land Consolidation Fund and $1.5 billion in direct payments to class members.

What tribes live on the Cheyenne River Reservation?

What branch of government oversees Indian tribes?

The U.S. Department of the Interior
The U.S. Department of the Interior is the primary federal agency charged with carrying out the United States’ trust responsibility to American Indian and Alaska Native people, maintaining the government-to-government relationship with the federally recognized Indian tribes, and promoting and supporting tribal self- …

Is the Sioux tribe still around today?

Today, the Sioux maintain many separate tribal governments scattered across several reservations, communities, and reserves in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Montana in the United States; and Manitoba, southern Saskatchewan, and Alberta in Canada.

Is faith SD on an Indian reservation?

It is also located immediately west of the boundary of the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, home to several Lakota bands organized into the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe or CRST.

Are the Cheyenne and Sioux the same tribe?

The Cheyenne are a tribe of Algonquian linguistic stock who were closely allied with the Arapaho and Gros Ventre and loosely allied with the Lakota Sioux. One of the most prominent of the Plains tribes, they primarily lived and hunted on hills and prairies alongside the Missouri and Red Rivers.

What Native American tribe gets paid the most?

Shakopee Mdewakanton – Annual Revenue of $1 Billion The Shakopee Mdewakanton are the wealthiest Native American tribe, going by the individual personal wealth. They are 480 members, and each member gets around $84,000 per month, as disclosed by a tribe member going through a divorce.

How to contact the Cheyenne River Sioux tribe?

For more information or questions please contact the Tribal Census project please contact the Tribal Secretaries office at 605-964-8311.

Where does the money come from for tribal payments?

Tribal Payments are generally made directly to tribal members or put into an Individual Indian Monies (IIM) Account. Tribal Distributions from tribal gaming or tribal enterprises distributed to enrolled tribal members (residing on or off a reservation).

What can Cheyenne River tribe do with their land?

Reducing Fractionation: Cheyenne River can then use this land to benefit the community. Your Choices: Participation in the Program is strictly voluntary. Compensation: Those who choose to sell their land will be offered fair market value. Mineral Rights: Mineral rights are included as part of the land appraisal.

What was the Cobell land buy back program?

The Land Buy-Back Program. was created to implement the land consolidation component of the Cobell Settlement Agreement. This Agreement provided a $1.9 billion fund to purchase fractionated interests in trust or restricted land from willing sellers, at fair market value, within a 10-year period.