California  |  Native American Law

Re: 70 yr old Tribal member recieves no funds from settled case

If you are speaking of the roughly $16,000 per capita to be distributed to Yuroks from the Hoopa-Yurok Settlement Act Fund, the best I can tell is that disribution began in January, 2008. I don't know whether distribution was handled by the tribe or the BIA, but if there is a possible dispute as to this lady's eligibility, or whether her check might have been lost or stolen, I would suggest contacting a BIA office as well as tribal administration. From what I've been able to learn, every tribal member is eligible, so if there is a dispute, it may center on a membership issue.