I can tell you opting out is on the mouths of more than a few Indians. The phone lines and emails are flying between Indians in D.C., South Dakota, Idaho, Montana and Washington. The main problem with opting out is that most lawyers are representing the Tribes. Anyone else is hesitant to take a case on a "contingency basis."
What is obvious to all the INDIVIDUAL Tribal Landowners is that the Cobell Settlement Lawyers did not adequately represent almost the entire great plains region or the Pacific Northwest where landowners lease their land, and where many got Direct Pay from their farmers for YEARS. Not a lot of our money went through IIM accounts. The Cobell Settlement seems to ignore the fact the 25 CFR part 162 has always allowed Native Landowners to receive direct pay from their farmer-operators. It short-changes generations of landowners under the payment schedule worked into the Cobell Settlement where payment is made based on an amount of money that passed through each individual IIM account.
The Elouise Cobell Settlement team did not represent any Direct Pay Native Landowner. Their pay should be commensurate with their level of incompetence and fall well short of 200 million dollars.
Somebody should whisper this in Congressman Doc Hastings ear at the Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Indian Affairs meeting on Tuesday.
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OPTING OUT...can mean, ''OH YOU SILLY FOOLS''...remember that there is A SECRET FORMULA..to figuring out the amount OF BUCKS YOU ARE TO RECEIVE..THAT FORMULA IS AT BEST 5X yrly land lease income.= bullshit $$$...this settlement will benefit the already BIG HUGE LARGE LEASE INCOMERS..of today...forget the 100+ yrs of ancestors etc..its ABOUT TODAY!! ...ITS A COMPLETE RIPPPPP....the intent was sweet,but it BECAME A CLASSIC MONEY GRAB FOR THE BIG FISH...in this pathetic pond of trailers,drunks,free carbohydrates,and sugar waters,and it does NOTHING BUT FEED THE MINDS OF HOPELESS POOR INDIANS TO GET ''HYPED UP AND ''LET THE HELL DOWN''...its gross...its not a HEFTY 21ST CENTURY funding for ur purse or wallet...its not...the first ''mandatory check is 500$ ...the nxt one is COLD INSANITY...it should be a minimum of 5 grand...but its not....by now..a close figure should be TOLD TO YOU..SO YOU CAN MAKE A SMART DECISION... IT WONT..AND WHY?..you guessed it...ITS A RIPPPPPPP....LESLIE TWOBEAR,OGLALA...
OH THOSE FOOLS....who are thrilled and already ''counting on the dough'',that is coming...but WILL NOT BE REMOTELY CLOSE to the $$$ amounts you have been dreaming of...YES ITS EASY TO UNDERSTAND that some 500$ mandatory disbursal is coming...but for the ''MYSTERY FIGURE''...that HAS NEVER BEEN ''BALL PARKED'' your way ..before the BIG OPT OUT DATE..which passed...was never shared...BECAUSE...BECAUSE..''UMMMM''..YOU GUESSED IT... is a FARCE!! ...ONLY A FEW HUNDRED IF THAT OF THE ''TOP TOP TIER IIM LANDHOLDER ACCNTS ..will receive..5-6X Yearly land lease...As one time SETTLEMENT PAYOFF....so if your accnz get 100$ a yr..Gaggggggggg...Its not the 5 grand ''bump'' you needed...for this or that...Please get disgusted as this has turned into a ''classic council or ''tribal members only scammmmmmm''...and to think 2 billion is to go to the DEPT OF INTERIOR...???ha ha ha ha ..to get this,,,,you will lose your mind nowwww...TO BUY BACK LANDS TO GIVE TO THE TRIBES!!!!! ...oh pleeeeze....they must not have any clue as to ''HOW THINGS GET DONE IN INDIAN LAND !! HA HA HA..LOLLL..what a comedy of errors that is...That 2 billion should go directly to our wallets...THIS IS ABOUT ''IIM''...INDIVIDUALS''..not the freeeeking ''tribe''...lol...can you imagine?...
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