Elouise Cobell, Blackfeet woman who led $3.4B settlement in Indian land trust case, dies at 65

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HELENA, Mont. — Elouise Cobell, the Blackfeet woman who led a 15-year legal fight to force the U.S. government to account for more than a century of mismanaged Indian land royalties, died Sunday. She was 65.

Cobell died at a Great Falls hospital of complications from cancer, spokesman Bill McAllister said.

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Juliet Eilperin 17 Oct, 2011

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