Elouise P. Cobell
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 13 years ago |
Date of birth | November 5,1945 |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Born | Browning |
Montana | |
United States | |
Date of died | October 16,2011 |
Died | Great Falls |
Montana | |
United States | |
Nationality | American |
Parents | Polite Pépion |
Catherine Pépion | |
Education | Montana State University |
Awards | Presidential Medal of Freedom |
MacArthur Fellowship | |
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ID | 1292314 |
Elouise P. Cobell Life story
Elouise Pepion Cobell, also known as Yellow Bird Woman was a tribal elder and activist, banker, rancher, and lead plaintiff in the groundbreaking class-action suit Cobell v. Salazar. This challenged the United States' mismanagement of trust funds belonging to more than 500,000 individual Native Americans.