Assistant Secretary Kevin Washburn, the head of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs, is holding a conference call on Monday to discuss the scholarship fund that was created by the $3.4 billion
Cobell trust fund settlement.
The scholarship fund will be overseen by a board of five members. The
Interior Department is selecting two members and is still seeking nominations, according to a notice published in the
Federal Register today.
Two additional members have already been selected by the Cobell plaintiffs. They are Turk
Cobell, the son of the late Elouise Cobell, and
Alex Pearl,
a law professor who is a member of the
Chickasaw Nation.
The fifth member will be selected by the
American Indian College, the
group that's been chosen to
administer
the scholarship fund.
Monday's conference call takes place at 3pm Eastern time, according to the Federal Register notice.
Federal Register Notices:
Request
for Nominations To Serve on Board of Trustees for the Cobell Education
Scholarship Fund (April 18, 2013)
Request
for Nominations to Serve on Board of Trustees for the Cobell Education
Scholarship Fund (March 13, 2013)
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