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MONDAY, MAY 6, 2002

The Department of Interior is promising to pay thousands of Navajo royalty owners but so far all they have received is rhetoric, said Rep. Tom Udall (D-N.M.).

Udall wrote a letter last month to Secretary Gale Norton regarding the department's failure to pay trust beneficiaries for oil and gas drilling on their lands. A Minerals Management Service official told Navajo owners that the problem won't be fixed soon.

The problem is linked to the department's computer shutdown but also an MMS "reingeeering" effort, said the official.

Get the Story:
Interior security flagged again (Federal Computer Week 5/2)
Thousands of Navajos Have Not Received Royalty Payments (AP 5/5)
Interior can't shake systems woes (Government Computer News 5/6)
Major programs at Interior (Government Computer News 5/6)

Today on Indianz.Com:
No one jumps into trust fund hot seats (5/6)

Relevant Links:
Indian Trust, Department of Interior - http://www.doi.gov/indiantrust
Indian Trust: Cobell v. Norton - http://www.indiantrust.com
Trust Reform, NCAI - http://130.94.214.68/main/pages/
issues/other_issues/trust_reform.asp

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