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MONDAY, JULY 22, 2002

The Denver Post in an editorial today criticizes supporters of a bill that would have limited an historical accounting to more than 500,000 American Indians.

"Instead of telling Indians they don't have a right to all their money, the government should get to work cleaning up the accounts," the paper writes. "Anything less would serve up imperfect justice."

The paper says the House was right to defeat the provisions affecting the trust fund, which were contained in the Department of Interior's budget bill.

Get the Story:
Editorial: The BIA distrust fund (The Denver Post 7/22)

Relevant Links:
Office of Historical Trust Fund Accounting - http://www.doi.gov/ohta Indian Trust: Cobell v. Norton - http://www.indiantrust.com
Trust Reform, NCAI - http://www.ncai.org/main/pages/
issues/other_issues/trust_reform.asp

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