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Trust fund issue looms for Norton
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JANUARY 30, 2001 A Wilderness Society analyst said one of the biggest problems Gale Norton faces should she be confirmed as Secretary of Interior is fixing the historically mismanaged Indian trust fund system. Perhaps realizing the nature of the monumental task, Norton during her Senate confirmation hearings said she would work to straighten out the problem sometime "in the future." The billion dollar lawsuit has been in litigation for several years and a settlement on some of its aspects was killed last month. Get the Story:
Interior post no bed of roses (The Denver Post 1/30) Relevant Links:
The Department of Interior - www.doi.gov
Trust Management Improvement Project, BIA - www.doi.gov/bia/trust/tmip.htm
Indian Trust: Cobell v. Babbitt - www.indiantrust.org Only on Indianz.Com:
The Trust Fund Fiasco (Smoke Signals 1999) Related Stories:
Trust fund decision blasted (Tribal Law 1/25)
Records a continued source of problems in lawsuit (Tribal Law 1/18)
Challenges, risks cited at Interior (Tribal Law 1/18)
Trust documents reported destroyed (1/17)
Trust fund battle heats up (Tribal Law 12/04)
Report: Trust fund settlement killed (Tribal Law 11/20)
Treasury wants report kept secret (Tribal Law 11/03)
Congress wants settlement of trust suit (Money Matters 10/27)
US: Trust reform project behind schedule (Tribal Law 09/19)
Trust fund case back in court (Tribal Law 09/05)
COMMENTARY: The Trust Fund (The Talking Circle 09/07)
Trust fund update (Tribal Law 08/07)
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