Here's a twist.....Descendants of Freedmen want a share of Cobell settlement (if there ever is one)

From Courthouse News:

"Descendants of slaves once owned by Native Americans demand a cut of a $3.4 billion class-action settlement that Congress is reviewing, from the case of Cobell v. Ken Salazar. The Harvest Institute Freedom Federation claims that the settlement resolving the Department of the Interior's centuries-long abuse of Native American trust funds "perpetuates past unlawful racial discrimination" by failing to compensate "Freedmen slaves of the Five Civilized tribes." 

     The legislation at issue, the American Workers, State and Business Relief Act of 2010, was approved by the Senate on May 18. A vote is pending on the House version, H.R. 4213.
     The Harvest Institute wants that vote enjoined, claiming that it will irreparably harm the descendants of freedmen, unless their claims are considered. The Harvest Institute claim that the Five Civilized Tribes made treaties with the Confederacy during the Civil War, but that the United States has not repudiated its obligations to the rebellious tribes, though the legislation in effect repudiates its obligation to their slaves."

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