President Bush signed into law a bill to distribute $145 million to members of the Western Shoshone Nation.
The money is payment for 26 million acres of land Western Shoshone tribes lost to white encroachment and other actions. Some tribal activists object because they say they never lost legal title to the land.
About 6,000 tribal members would receive a one-time payment of about $20,000. The bill sets up a $1.5 million education trust fund.
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WESTERN SHOSHONE: Law frees funds for Indian lands (The Las Vegas Review-Journal 7/8)
Bush Signs Measure to Pay Western Shoshone for Land (AP 7/8)
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Bush signs law to pay Western Shoshone for ancestral lands
(AP 7/7)
Relevant Links:
Western Shoshone Defense Project - http://www.wsdp.org
Relevant Documents:
NCAI
Resolution | Senator Reid
Letter
Western Shoshone Claims Distribution Act:
Bill
Report | H.R.884
| S.618
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