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FEBRUARY 19, 2001

The Justice Department on Friday said records destroyed at the Federal Reserve Bank in Denver, Colorado, were unrelated to the ongoing billion dollar trust fund lawsuit against the federal government.

The records were apparently destroyed by accident in late 1999. But a lawyer for the plaintiffs says he is not satisfied with the government's explanation.

Get the Story:
Justice: Lost papers not related to Indian trust suit (The Denver Post 2/17)

Relevant Links:
The Office of Trust Records - www.doi.gov/ost/ost_otr.html
Trust Management Improvement Project, BIA - www.doi.gov/bia/trust/tmip.htm
Indian Trust: Cobell v. Norton - www.indiantrust.org

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