"I am deeply concerned about the largest government class action settlement in our nation’s history securing justice for more than 300,000 Native Americans and Alaska natives in the form of $3.4 billion settlement. The case is called Cobell vs. Salazar Indian Trust Settlement.

In the April 2011 issue of Native Peoples magazine, Cobell started a full-page announcement of important information about the $3.4 billion Indian Trust Fund Settlement with the website address: www IndianTrust.com, and the phone number, 1-800-961-6109. It said, by April 20, 2011, you need to call the number or visit the website to stay in the settlement. I saw the ad in the April issue of Native People’s magazine. Thereafter, the deadline for full registration was Sept., 14, 2011.

Everyone that I know who called the toll-free number 10 days before was required to register online. Whoa!"

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Valeria Rock Meneely: Settlement deadline should be extended (The Bemidji Pioneer 11/17)