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The Week in Review
ending November 30
WEEK IN REVIEW: Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb in Oklahoma. November 26, 2002.    Photo  NSM.
WEEK IN REVIEW: Assistant
Secretary Neal McCaleb in
Oklahoma. Photo © NSM.
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Trust fund battles continue
Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb leaves his job as head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs this month but will remain a target in the ongoing Indian trust fund lawsuit long after he is gone.

McCaleb is being called to testify about the destruction of e-mails against court orders. A court investigator is preparing a report on the incident, which could lead to additional contempt sanctions.

Outside the court, tribes plan to press Congress for legislative solutions to the century-old problem. Fractionation, the federal budget and independent oversight of the Department of Interior are tops on the agenda for next year's session.

Get the Story:
Interior's casualties of war (11/25)
Passive trust proposal sidetracked (11/25)
Editorial: McCaleb 'had enough' (11/25)
Running BIA a tough job for the willing (11/25)
Supreme Court to hear pivotal cases (11/25)
NNN: 'Attack' on McCaleb decried (11/25)
McCaleb faces continued probe (11/26)
Opinion: U.S. hypocrisy on trust fund (11/26)
Trust budget prompts concerns (11/27)

Court rules on self-determination funding
Tribal self-determination has been the policy of the federal government for more than 30 years but it's not always backed up with dollars.

Tribes seeking to take over federal programs find that out quickly. But these budget shortfalls cannot be challenged, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week in the second major case of its kind.

The 9th Circuit is considering the same issue and could arrive at a different conclusion. Depending on the outcome, the Supreme Court could be asked to settle the dispute once and for all.

Get the Story:
Tribes lose funding challenge (11/27)

more stories
There's still more to read in the recap of the top stories.


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