welcome to the Buy-Back Program for

Cheyenne River

The Land Buy-Back Program

was created to implement the land consolidation component of the Cobell Settlement Agreement. This Agreement provided a $1.9 billion fund to purchase fractionated interests in trust or restricted land from willing sellers, at fair market value, within a 10-year period.

 

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you can discover the top things to know about the Land Buy-Back Program, learn more about  how the Program works & what it intends to accomplish, and keep up to date with news pertaining to the Cheyenne River Buy-Back Program.

 

Get Started: Watch the Video

The video will introduce you to the Program as narrator Remi Bald Eagle takes you through the process and highlights important information. You will gain an overview of the Program  and if you have any further questions, please contact us.

 

Our Purpose

Putting Indian lands back in the hands of tribes.

 

Reducing Fractionation

Cheyenne River can then use this land

to benefit the community.

 

Your Choices

Participation in the Program is strictly voluntary.

 

Compensation

Those who choose to sell their land

will be offered fair market value.

 

Mineral Rights

Mineral rights are included as part of the land appraisal.

 

Scholarships

Each purchase will add funds

to the Indian Education Scholarship Fund.

The Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations

was created to implement the land consolidation

component of the Cobell Settlement Agreement.

 

This Agreement provided a $1.9 billion fund to purchase fractionated interests in trust or restricted land from willing sellers, at fair market value, within a 10-year period.

The Dawes Act authorized the President

of the United States to survey Indian tribal land

and divide it into allotments for individual Indians.

 

Effects of this policy can still be felt today

in the resulting fractionation of trust land.

Every year, land goes out of trust simply because fractionated interests are passed on to non-Indian heirs.

 

The Buy-Back Program will help stop this loss of Indian lands by transferring those interests to the tribe, forever preventing further fractionation.

The Buy-Back Program will purchase fractional trust

or restricted lands for the purposes of land consolidation.

 

Willing sellers can choose to sell some, all, or none

of their fractional land interests. Participation in the Program

 is strictly voluntary.

Fair Market Value will determine the amount

that an owner will be offered for their share

of interest in a fractionated tract.

 

The Program will provide landowners with a base payment

of $75 per offer, based on estimates for the time and effort required for individual landowners to proceed through the acquisition process and to facilitate sales.

Contact the Trust Beneficiary Call Center,

a centralized location for asking questions

and receiving timely responses.