On September 20, 2023, the Pembina Class Action Settlement Administrator began distribution of settlement proceeds to four Pembina Tribes (the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe of Montana, and the White Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa Indians) and more than 30,000 individual eligible settlement class members.

On December 21, 2022, the Klamath Tribes Judgment Fund Repeal Act, S. 314, was signed into law by President Biden. As a result...

In 1996, the Native American Rights Fund along with co-counsel initiated a lawsuit on behalf of Elouise Cobell and a class of plaintiffs.  A settlement agreement with

100 YEARS: One Woman’s Fight for Justice Documentary Film & Discussion A discussion featuring John E. Echohawk and Melinda Janko will follow the film screening.

When President Obama took office, he pledged to honor the United States’ treaty responsibilities to Indian tribes.  As part of fulfilling that campaign promise,