The Week in Review
ending March 16
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Pinch me, I'm green!
New York Gov. George Pataki (R).
Photo © Reuters.
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A way out of the trust fund mess
Trust reform has weighed heavily in
the mind of Secretary of Interior Gale Norton
but her top aides said this week they would
rather see the problem eliminated altogether.
Not by fixing the broken system, however.
At a Congressional hearing, department officials
jumped at the chance to limit, in some fashion,
the government's obligations to hundreds of
thousands of American Indians.
The push will likely go nowhere. But in front
of the right audience, the department's message
appears to change as no end is in sight to
a lawsuit that has dragged on for more than five years.
Get the Story:
Effort
targets 'deviations' prized by tribes (3/11)
Trust records
being moved (3/11)
On trust,
tribes still waiting (3/12)
Norton
stressing cooperation (3/12)
Trust fund
accounting tests federal judge (3/13)
Norton: No
'dollar amount' on trust fund mess (3/14)
Judge
'dumbfounded' with DOI (3/15)
Interior
considering a limited trust fund (3/15)
Debate continues on energy bill
Sen. Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska) this week pitched
a compromise to opening up the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling.
He didn't offer an amendment, well at least not for now. He
brought pictures of Inupiat Eskimos who would
be among the most affected -- financially --
by development in Alaska's North Slope.
Meanwhile, oil companies wonder whether
it makes sense to wander into the
untapped refuge,
which may or may not provide as many
jobs at the Bush administration hopes.
Get the Story:
ANWR drilling
could be a bust (3/11)
Safety of oil
pipeline questioned (3/11)
Norton's
Arctic jobs figure doubted (3/12)
Among Inupiat
Eskimos, an 'injustice' (3/13)
Report
questions ANWR claims (3/13)
Gwich'in
leader awarded Ford grant (3/13)
more stories
There's still more to read in the recap
of the top stories.
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