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FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2002

Appointing a receiver to take over the Individual Indian Money (IIM) trust is not the way to reform the system, and neither is a reorganization, the Department of Interior's first Special Trustee says.

Paul Homan, who was appointed by former President Bill Clinton to reform Indian trust but left in a dispute with former Secretary Bruce Babbitt, says the solution is to create a goverment-overseen trust corporation. Once reforms are implemented, then the reins can be handed back to the Interior, he said.

Get the Story:
Receivership Weighed For Indian Trust Funds (The Washington Post 1/25)

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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