THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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Cobell v. Salazar, a class action lawsuit about individual Indian land, funds and other assets held in trust by the federal government. Courts decided that the federal government has violated its trust duties, including a duty to account for Individual Indian Money trust funds. The Settlement will resolve claims that the government violated its trust duties by (a) mismanaging individual Indian trust funds and other assets, (b) improperly accounting for those funds, and (c) mismanaging trust land and other assets. The individual Indian trust land is called “allotted” land and owners are from time to time referred to as “beneficiaries,” “allottees,” or “landowners.”