Hoopa Valley Tribe approves $10K per capita from settlement
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
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The
Hoopa Valley Tribe of
California approved a $10,000 per capita payment, with the money coming from a $49.2 trust fund settlement.
The tribe has yet to receive the settlement. But once it's deposited into a trust account, $31,269,000 will be distributed on a per capita basis to all members.
"It’s our money and we want it now," Pauline Van Bergen said at a council meeting in which the per cap was approved, The Two Rivers Tribune reported.
Get the Story:
$49.2 Million Settlement Topic at Tribal Meeting
(The Two Rivers Tribune 11/26)
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