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MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2002

"By virtue of the Indian Overseer Act, 1821, establishing a trust relationship with the tribes when we took their land into trust, the state has an additional fiduciary duty to Connecticut's tribes. Yet no elected officials of either party ever question how much of his budget the attorney general allocates to diligently execute our trust responsibilities to the tribes. Similarly, no elected officials ever question the inherent conflict of interest in having the same governmental office serve, simultaneously, as “trust officer' and adversary to the tribes for the state. . ."

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Letter: Governor must represent all citizens (Kathleen Grasso Andersen. The New London Day 1/28)

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