WASHINGTON - Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), the Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee, which has jurisdiction over Indian affairs, released the following statement on the passing of Elouise Cobell, who led a landmark class action lawsuit on behalf of thousands of individual Indian beneficiaries against the United States to recover billions in mismanaged trust funds:
"In Indian Country, Elouise Cobell is synonymous with justice, and for the last two decades her life was dedicated to that cause. Through persistent, consistent pressure, Ms. Cobell righted century-old wrongs, and forever changed the landscape of the U.S. government's trust responsibilities to Native Americans."
