"1972 California Indian Judgment payment"

In 1972, a $29.1 million judgment was awarded to certain California Native Americans. In order to receive a share, they had to prove their eligibility and have their names added to the roll being established for divvying up the payout. Stan Chambers interviews a Native American man about the press conference he will be holding later that day. The purpose is to publicize the need for California Native Americans who have filed applications with their office in Sacramento, likely the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to get their documentary evidence to that office before the July 1 deadline. The interviewee details how many people have filed to date, and where the office is in the process of verifying eligibility. He also explains the three different ways in which California Native Americans can prove their eligibility: be on one of their existing rolls from 1928 or 1940, have a lineal relative on one of these rolls with evidence documenting the familial relationship, or trace their ancestry back to an Indian in California in 1852.

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